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Respecting God

My friends often ask me why, when I write, I capitalize the nouns depicting God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus when I am typing verses from Bible versions that do not capitalize them in their text.  The nouns are he, him, me, mine, those kinds of words.  The only answer ...

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What is Faith?

What is faith? How do I get faith? Can I lose my faith? What if I have a doubting faith? Does anyone have a 100% solid faith with no questioning? Does faith only come to a person when/if God allows it? Can I gain faith just by going to church ...

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Creation with Minecraft

As a child of the 70’s and 80’s, I was hooked on video games the moment my Dad brought an Atari 2600 game console into the house. Through the years, I owned the Sega Saturn, various portable hand-held systems and even several generations of the Playstation. With each passing decade, ...

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Tugging on the Family Chord

There is a wise saying about family unity: “The family that prays together, stays together”. There’s another saying that existing in contradiction to this one, however: “Every family has a black sheep in the flock”. Both have been proven true in the family dynamic, throughout time. My pastor often tells ...

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Turning Around My Perspective

I love the millennials’ attitude towards life, not their behavior, which is even more bold and brash than the 20’s. YOLO (You Only Live Once) is their motto for everything-good or bad; incredibly fierce or incredibly stupid in choice and demeanor. They are not afraid to try anything. Their “live ...

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If Not Us…Then Who?

Take a look at this food for thought… “This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got ...

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Once Like A Bird

“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:36 NKJV). The consolations of God for His suffering servants stand readily available to all who worship and praise His name. Whether in cold darkness or warmest light, any place or time, a crowded place or utterly ...

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Help! My Heart Feels Strange

Got some extra time on your hands and don’t know what to do with it? Have you ever helped out your neighbor when they never asked or volunteered down at the library for story time? How about assisting an elderly woman across the street? Think these things matter for yourself ...

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Our Hope: First Fruits of Life

‘…I gladly give my tithe to God because I want to let Him know that He is first in my life.  And because we give our first to the Lord, He blesses us, protects us, and provides for us.’ — Robert Morris,  ‘Unlocking the Rewards of Generous Living’ (Chosen Books ...

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