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Hearing the Questions of Children
The Old Testament story we step into today is the life and death test of one man’s faith and obedience.
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Genesis Project: Building Boats That Float
Genesis Project: Building Boats That Float Genesis 6:1-22 According to an e-mail I saw, everything you need to know about life you can learn from Noah. Among his most important lessons are these: 1) Don’t miss the boat. 2) We are all in the same boat. 3) In troubled times, travel in pairs. 4) When…
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Genesis Project; Finding Our Place in All Creation
Genesis Project: Finding Our Place in All Creation Genesis 1:1, 26-31 A surgeon, an architect, and a politician found themselves in a friendly debate about which of their honored professions happened to be the oldest. “The Lord removed a rib from Adam’s side,” said the surgeon, “to create Eve. That was obviously a surgical procedure.”…
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Salvation Includes Social Justice
Salvation Includes Social Justice Jeremiah 23:1-8 Jeremiah conducted his ministry in Judah, the Southern Kingdom of the Hebrews ruled by David’s heirs and centered in Jerusalem. The nation had long been in decline. The Babylonian Empire had its sights on the kingdom. The King of Judah and other leaders of the nation were functioning ineffectively…
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Getting It, Together
Getting It, Together Matthew 10:24-39 It is not easy being a father. One cynic, speaking from his own experience, noted that children go through four fascinating stages. First, they call you DaDa. Then they call you Daddy. As they mature, they call you Dad. Finally, they call you to borrow money. Today is Father’s Day,…
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One Good Apple
One Good Apple Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 We always hear that one rotten apple infects the entire bushel. Indeed. That’s true! A rotten apple gives us ethylene gas, which does indeed spread to every other fruit around it! Even fruits that aren’t apples will ripen and rot faster due to the “rotten” apple’s infectious presence! But…
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Seeing Is Not Always Believing
Seeing Is Not Always Believing Matthew 28:16-20 My brain is trained to see insects! I can see an insect from across a room! On a ceiling. It’s the same faculty that allows moms, especially new moms to wake from a deep sleep because across the house, she heard her baby sigh. It’s the same faculty…
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A Living Water Infusion
A Living Water Infusion Acts 2:1-21 Close your eyes for a moment. Now imagine you are in a beautiful place. A secluded but safe place. With beautiful green foliage, rocks and flowers, a crystal, clear blue lagoon filled with fresh water, and a waterfall. In your mind, you can hear that water flowing through the…
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Homebuilder
Homebuilder John 14:1-14 There’s something about home that strikes a chord with most of us. It doesn’t really matter where we’re from or where we’ve been, Dorothy’s closing line in The Wizard of Oz resonates with poignant truth. “There’s no place like home.” Folgers’ Coffee capitalized on the yearning for home with their 1987 classic…
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Abundant Life
Abundant Life John 10:1-10 Our scripture lessons for today contains one of the best-known sayings of Jesus. It is exceedingly well known, but often sadly misunderstood. This saying is the second half of John 10:10 and is best known in its King James translation. Jesus says, “I have come that they may have life, and…
