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Come, let us reason together. God invites us into a conversation. “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” — Luke 19:10 This simple word from the Master answers the criticism of stale religionists that He was spending too much time with sinners. “Of course I am”…
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Tom Sims From Scripture Fear Not And the angel said unto them, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings…” Luke 2:10 We live in a generation beset with fear where security has assumed a greater value than freedom. We want secure stocks, secure airports, and secure streets. We seek out secure jobs, secure…
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What is Re-Forming You? Yes, it is Halloween – not my favorite holiday – not my favorite season as a rule —- getting used to things getting darker quicker. It always gets better. It is Reformation Day. Luther finally, reluctantly, and fearlessly came to a line that he could not cross and declared, “Here I…
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Who among us does not walk in the midst of trouble? Yet, who among us and reading this has not survived such trouble? Indeed, we walked in the midst and were preserved. We are alive to testify that not all trouble takes away our life or our reason to live. It is God’s purpose for…
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This proverb is probably not just for critics. It may apply to complainers, insubordinate subordinates, hardheaded students, confrontational friends, unreasonable clients, irritated supervisors, and infuriating customers. It teaches us to diffuse the fuse of the infused and prevent an explosive situation. It is just good personal and business policy and it comes straight from the…
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“And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.” – Mark 7:37 Jesus does all things well. This surprised the onlookers and lurkers. They had only seen a fraction of the things Jesus had done, was doing, and would do.…
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Hard to Be Humble Honesty, Humility, and Hope Do you recall Mac Davis’s song, “O Lord, It’s Hard to Be Humble?” How about this? There is a city called Humble Texas. Some might consider that an oxymoron. Sorry, Texas. There was a Danish King named “Humblus.” Ghandi said that “aid that an attempt to sustain truth without…
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From the Heart “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts…” — Mark 7:21 The debate in Mark is over what causes defilement in a person. What makes a man or woman ritually and spiritually unclean? Jesus loves to poke holes in our assumptions as if they were balloons. He does it in…
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