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  • Influencers for Sin

    “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,…” 1 Corinthians 6:9 August 19, 2024 Well known preachers lowering the bar on sexual sin, making allowances for gay and lesbian couples to…

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  • We Asked For it

    “Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.” Romans 1:24 August 16, 2024 “You Asked for it” was a TV series from 1950-1959. The TV audience would send in their request for things such as a woman who would walk on a…

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  • Hopeful Living

    “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13 August 14, 2024 Standing at a bus stop. Some of us are quite familiar with what is involved in making the necessary arrangements in all…

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  • Neighbor-Love

    “The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31 August 12, 2024 Jesus tells us that His followers are to love in response to God’s love. People are to be loved with the zeal by which we pursue our own happiness. This is…

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  • Real Love

    “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 August 9, 2024 Our word “love” really takes a beating. We love tacos. We love our dog. We love our spouse. Is there not a difference…

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  • Endangered Species

    “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 August 7, 2024 Israel’s religious establishment, those who pledged allegiance to the law of God, the scribes they were called, wanted Jesus to cite the greatest…

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  • Hated

    “If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” John 15:19 August 5, 2024 Brace yourselves, brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus gathered His disciples around Him the night…

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  • In Remembrance of Me

    “And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.” Mark 14:23 August 2, 2024 There are different ways we can remember special occasions. We recollect them sentimentally, an emotional moment that may not linger long. We can think about the significance of…

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  • A Broken Body

    “And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, ‘Take; this is my body.’” Mark 14:22 July 31, 2024 The Lord’s Supper, as it is commonly called, does not need any defense. Its significance and solemnity has been celebrated for over two thousand…

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