America: The Vision of God

Psalm 33:12” Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.” God gave the United States as an inheritance to its citizens. Why? So we could send missionaries to the rest of the world. God‘s vision for the United States has always been ...

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Placed in the Embers of Love

“Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind’ for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.” (Psalm 26) Who really enjoys taking a test? Not me, that’s for sure. My palms become sweaty, my body temperature begins to rise ...

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Honoring Heroes

The calendar brings us to Memorial Day, the most solemn of our national holidays.  Memorials—like all great things—were God’s idea first.  God commanded the use of memorials to the children of Israel, and woven throughout scripture are examples of memorials as celebration and worship.  Like everything that God commands, it ...

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How to Get Along with Everyone

How to Get Along with Everyone By Joel B. Acts 15:1-2 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with ...

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