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Unexpected Visitors

For as long as I have been preaching, when it is around holiday time, I will hear some tell me that the reason they weren’t at church services was because they had “unexpected visitors.”  This explanation is usually offered without any shame or embarrassment, indicating that in their way of thinking, their behavior was totally […]

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Cliquishness

A common criticism leveled against congregations by visitors, new members, or even those who have become dissatisfied with their identification with a particular local church is the charge that it practices “cliquishness.” A clique is “a small, exclusive group of friends or associates” (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language). The reason the charge of “cliquishness” is […]

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Who Wrote the Bible?

Down through the years there have been those who have doubted the inspiration of the Bible. There are those who look upon the Bible as being nothing more than a dead letter, or some fable, or a group of fables that have been passed on from generation to generation. Others feel that the Bible is […]

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Forgiveness (2nd in a series)

Last week we learned that unilateral forgiveness can and should be offered when situations arise that do not involve sin.  For instance, if someone ‘hurts my feelings’ or does something that leaves me feeling slighted – these may reflect bad judgment or carelessness, but there is no sin, and I can just let those things […]

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