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The Carolina Wren

“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” Matthew 6:26 July 8, 2026 Jesus told us to look at the birds. They tell us stories about God. Margaret Clarkson has a delightful

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The Green-Eyed Monster

“They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,” Romans 1:29 July 6, 2026 There is a moral virus that threatens to destroy our nation in the name of human good and the promise of societal paradise. This moral and political

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A Groaning Creation

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.” Mark 13:8 July 1, 2026 Two massive earthquakes have devastated Venezuela. Perhaps tens of thousands of people have been killed. Earthquakes are a part of

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Our Next Meal

“Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11 June 29, 2026 Rarely, if ever, do we in the Western world have to deal with anxiety about what we will eat day to day. Walking into a modern grocery store was never in the imagination of the disciples of Jesus. But the truth still stands

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Conversion

“And he said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.’” Acts 9:5 June 26, 2026 The account of the apostle Paul’s conversion to Jesus Christ is a witness to the power of the Spirit of God in crashing through the barriers of unbelief. Can you think of the

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God Unchanging

“He said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.’” Genesis 22:12 June 22, 2026 Does God acquire more knowledge as He dwells eternally? Does He ever get new knowledge

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Christ’s Love For Us

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” Romans 8:35 June 19, 2026 Are you experiencing some test in your faith now? Is something happening which is unpleasant and seemingly contradictory to God’s wisdom, goodness and love?We must never forget

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