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A New Reason and Purpose For Living

By on Saturday, August 6th, 2011 | No Comments

The Reverend Thomas Chalmers, a nineteenth-century Scottish preacher, once preached a sermon using LUKE 8:26-39 as his text.  He titled his sermon:  “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.”   In this sermon, Chalmers points out that the Gerasenes demoniac had lost the power to control himself.  He was in real bad shape.  He ran around […]

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Doubters and Skeptics Take Note

By on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankel argued that the “loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect on man.”  As a result of his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, Frankel contended that when a person no longer possesses a motive for living, no future to look forward toward, that […]

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Shepherd

By on Monday, August 1st, 2011 | No Comments

In the gospels Jesus once referred to himself as a shepherd.  He also siad that his disciples are those who hear voice follow him.  I was not exactly sure what that meant until I visited the Holy Land. As our tour bus was making its way through the Palestinian desert, we experienced mechanical problems and had […]

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Fear and Faith

By on Sunday, July 31st, 2011 | No Comments

We all live with fear.  At one level, that’s a good thing.  It is great that we have a bit of fear when walking across several lanes of traffic at the height of rush hour.  Sometime, however, our fears can become irrational and unhealthy.  Like when we sit in our homes all day, afriad to even […]

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Whooohooo – My Ship Has Finally Come IN

By on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

I got a terrific letter in the mail: “Dear Dr. William M. Nieporte: Results are in and final.  I am proud to announce that you are our newest winner with $10 million dollars.” Well, of course I was excited.  I started to imagine all the things I could do with $10 million dollars.  I thought […]

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21 Day Challenge

By on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Read John 14:12-14 Jesus said that we would do “greater things” than he did.  Wow!  What a promise! Ready to claim it?  Here are a few steps, recommended by Maxie Dunnan, with a few additions by myself. I suggest that if you rehearse these steps for 21 day (the length of time for a new […]

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Getting Unstuck

By on Saturday, July 16th, 2011 | No Comments

The Story:  Ascension Through Pentecost The disciple’s have been peppering Jesus with questions about when Israel might be freed and its kingdom restored. “Those dates are set by the Father and are not for you to know,” Jesus said. Then he told them that the Holy Spirit was going to come upon them and they […]

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A Pushy Prayer From People At Wits End

By on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 | No Comments

There are a lot of people waxing prophetic about the end of the good old USA, our way of life, the struggling economy – the entire globe, in fact, is (to listen to some) on the road to hell, being carried in a handbasket. So what do we do in these tough times. I’ve taken […]

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Giving Your Best Is Not Enough

By on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Read Luke 10:38-42 (NIV) There was a time when almost every child in America had at least three sets of clothing. They had school clothes, play clothes, and church clothes. A child’s church clothing was commonly referred to as their “Sunday best.” Wearing one’s “Sunday best” communicated more than simply a style of worship fashion—it […]

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THE END OF THE WORLD

By on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Read Mark 13:1-10 Have you ever had a song that has been stuck in your head and you just can’t get it out of there? Sometimes it’s a commercial jingle. “A sprinkle a day helps keeps the order away!” Oh, I hated that one. Maybe it’s a hymn. “I come to the garden, alone, while […]

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