Devotional

April 28, 2022 In reading through the book of Acts recently, I was struck with the number of times the Apostle Paul’s evangelistic messages are either recorded for us or referenced. To review… Saul…

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March 17, 2022 See if you can bring to your mind’s eye an image of a large farm, one operating back in biblical times. Imagine a farm where the fields are well-tended, weeded, and…

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Among the commodities that make the world go ‘round, we have food, drink, shelter, money – and power. Power is essential in the physical world. Without power, nothing gets done. Power turns electric and…

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A few days ago, I was reading through the list of the Ten Commandments that we find in Deuteronomy (chapter 5; also found at Exodus 20:17) and was struck by something that I had…

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Xenophobia is a word commonly used these days to describe fear of someone or some group that is different. Derived from the Greek words “xenos” (stranger) and “phobos” (fear), xenophobia has been linked to…

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An historical note to kick things off. A few years ago, I got a call from a man who had gone through a particularly ugly divorce while he attended our church, many years earlier….

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Happy New Year! And I hope that the New Year finds you hopeful. Supply chains being what they are, these days we wait to receive lots of commodities that are stuck on cargo ships…

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