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Ever heard of “cardio-sclerosis?”
“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts” (Hebrews 3:15). The Greek word for “harden” is skleros. This word is found in the name used for a condition commonly called “hardening of the arteries,” or arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis…
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Amazing Grace
“That in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:7 NIV). It is said that the most recognized song in the English speaking world is…
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Just As I Am
“Whoever comes to me I will never drive away” (John 6:37 NIV). I love singing the new contemporary worship songs at our church, but whenever I get alone with God those aren’t the songs that fill my mind. In my times…
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Fishing, Doc Watson and an Olds 442
“When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, ‘Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!’ For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken… Then Jesus…
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What belongs to you?
“He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat” (Luke 5:3 NIV). I starting loving boats…
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The problem with outfield
“Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’” (Luke 5:5 NIV) I have always loved baseball, but I never really enjoyed playing outfield. The action in…
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From house to house
“Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ” (Acts 5:42 NIV). The first house my wife and I lived in was on…
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Staying focused when the heat is on
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us…
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Freedom isn’t free
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1 NIV). The older I get the more I love history. I guess…
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Working it out
“… continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose” (Philippians 2:12-13 NIV). I’ve been trying to take better care of…