Toys or Treasure

December 15, 2022 We credit the late uber-rich tycoon, Malcolm Forbes, with being the first to say, “He who dies with the most toys, wins.” Those words are catchy. And they’ve made their way…

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Community (…cont’d)

The message I gave this past Sunday was titled “Following Jesus into Community.”  In case you could use a refresher… I based the first half of my message on three passages found in Matthew’s…

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Unhindered

September 8, 2022 The final chapters of the Acts of the Apostles present us with a mixed bag, with some outrageously wonderful positives and enough negatives to leave us wondering about the future of…

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Remarkable

09/01/2022 Right after telling us about Jesus’ miraculous healing of a leper (Luke 5:12-16), Luke records the story of how He dealt with a man who was paralyzed. (Luke 5:17-26) Here’s the set up…

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Knees

08042022 Over the past few weeks, I’ve had reason to think a lot about knees, most particularly my own right knee. For a decade or two I have not enjoyed good health in either…

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World-Changers

July 14, 2022 On a recent long car ride, Kathy and I were listening to a song playlist from years ago that included John Mayer’s hit, “Waiting On the World to Change”. I hadn’t…

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Counter-Cultural

July 7, 2022 We think highly of our ancient brothers and sisters in Christ – and rightly so! The first Christians obeyed Jesus’ Great Commission and made disciples of the nations. They spread Jesus’…

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Shine

May 13, 2022 Near the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (Jesus’ most famous talk) He said, “Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see…

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