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  • Encroaching Darkness

    “So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.” John 12:35 September 8, 2022 Each passing day the shadows are lengthening. We have fewer daylight

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  • Phone Spam

    “And they will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.” 2 Timothy 4:4 September 7, 2022 They are annoying. We all get them, some of us more than others. They are unsolicited messages that have a product they want to sell. Helpfully, many phones will post the word “Spam” to

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  • A Pride Parade 

    “For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life – is not from the Father but is from the world.” 1 John 2:16 September 6, 2022 Pride parades are not limited to special events on the calendar. Pride of life parades

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  • What About Those Eyes?

    “For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life – is not from the Father but is from the world.” 1 John 2:16 September 5, 2022 There is a tradition that says there were some of the Pharisees in Jesus’ day

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  • Whose Ideals?

    “For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life – is not from the Father but is from the world.” 1 John 2:16 September 2, 2022 Big-city smog. It can be deceptive. There was a time when Chattanooga, Tennessee, was known

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  • The Wrong Love

    “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15 September 1, 2022 Affection for that which stands in opposition to God is spiritual adultery. Loving “the world” is not enjoying the planet God has created or

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  • The Lord is our Warrior

    “Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” Psalm 144:7-8 August 31, 2022 They just keep being thrown at us every day. Lies from the enemies of God,

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  • Heaven on Earth

    “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2 August 30, 2022 A good product is the best advertisement. Biblical Christianity must not only be defended – as it is in Colossians chapters 1 & 2 – it must be demonstrated. It takes a mind that is

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  • Be on Guard

    “You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.” 2 Peter 3:17 August 29, 2022 Security cameras and guards, home surveillance systems, cybersecurity, the list goes on. All are reminders that human nature is not good. The apostle Peter

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