Ever wonder why God seems to repeat Himself a lot in the Bible? I mean, there are some themes that run through His word over and over and over again. Themes are even repeated in some books of the Bible. I’m quite sure that He repeats Himself because we are hard-of-hearing…or maybe because we are [...]
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The Word
Clinging to the Word of God
I spoke with a wonderful lady two days ago. She was staying with a friend here in Lewis Center, far from her home. She had to return in one week for a court date regarding a restraining order she had on her husband. She had nothing of any monetary value. He had taken her truck, [...]
The Race
Talk is Cheap
Talk is cheap, action is expensive. Faith without works is dead. Works are the natural, inevitable, voluntary result of faith in God. If we love Him, if we follow Him, if we belong to Him…He will produce good works in us…period. I know this isn’t a new concept, but it is one I think we [...]
The Race
Voluntary
God desires our thanksgiving and praise, much as a father desires it from his children. God demands our thanksgiving and praise, because to offer it to anyone else would be giving credit where it isn’t due. God deserves our thanksgiving and praise, because all good things really do come from Him. But though He desires [...]
The Race
Refuel
Our current sermon series is called “Running on Empty”. We have been recommending the book “Refuel” by Doug Fields to those that want to dig deeper into the subject of refueling lives that are running on empty. I just ran across a great quote from this book today that I wanted to share with you: [...]
The Race
What are you proud of?
Pride. No not a pride of lions. Pride can be defined as “delight or elation arising from some act, possession or relationship”. We can be proud of what we do, what we have or the relationships we maintain. Pride can be tremendously harmful. The harmful kind of pride comes from the world: Do not love [...]
The Race
What do you crave?
Recently, I’ve been craving Skyline chili. When my wife was pregnant, she craved KFC mashed potatoes. For a while, I was craving Wendy’s bacon-blue burgers. And I always, always crave Mountain Dew! White Castle even got creative enough to make a “crave case” which holds 30 sliders…perfect to satisfy a craving for sliders. The definition [...]
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