May
24
One great way to make Scripture come alive is to rewrite it (carefully and reverently) in your own words. It allows you to personalize the words written so many years ago in a new way. I did this with Psalm 96 the other morning, and it was refreshing to me… Let’s not sing the same …
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May
03
This post is a brief follow-up to last weekend’s message: “Choosing Better”. Remember the lesson we learned from Mary? She sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what He said. Mary chose to go counter-cultural, sitting where she wasn’t “supposed” to be. Mary chose to ignore her to-do list. Mary chose to put Jesus first, …
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Apr
21
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, …
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Feb
09
There are some that say the Bible is filled with contradictions or that its message is too confusing to make sense of it. Some lament the parts of the Bible that are hard to understand and wish that it could be a shorter, more concise book. I’m not one of those people any more. The …
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Feb
01
Perhaps even more than most prophets, Amos must have been surprised that he was chosen as God’s spokesman. He was a shepherd and arborist without any formal “training” to be a prophet of God. But God saw his character and chose him to speak a difficult message to the people of his day. As is …
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