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January 20, 2018

God’s Three-Word Answer

I’ve seen prayer answered in miraculous ways beyond my expectation. Sometimes I had no expectation at all that there would be an answer, but God was faithful to provide what I needed. By now, I should assume an answer will be forthcoming. Yet His latest...

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August 24, 2013

Bridging the Distance

A couple of weeks ago my husband and I went to see Dwight Yoakam in concert. It was a great concert — but then Dwight always puts on a great concert. True to my nature, I’ve listened to a lot of Dwight both before and...

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July 3, 2013

The Beginning and the End – A Poem

I have seen the beginning for I have known the Son The all-creative King of kings whose redemptive work is done I’ve not yet seen the end but I know the One who’s there On His promise I will depend assurance that I am His...

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June 17, 2012

Our Heresy Detector: God’s Word

At church we are in the middle of a sermon series on “What We Believe.” This morning our pastor talked about how important it is to hold onto Jesus and what we believe about Him based on the teaching of the Bible. In the children’s...

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December 14, 2011

The Lesson of the Fungus Gnats

I do not keep houseplants at home because they tend not to survive. I think I forget to water them or something. But at work I have several plants that I’ve had for over 7 years and that are thriving. Two of them are jades....

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March 23, 2011

Complete Love Binds Us in Unity

Last Sunday we had a guest speaker at church who gave a wonderful sermon. He is a seminary student, and like his father who is a pastor, his sermon style is more what I would call teaching than preaching. The lesson he shared on Sunday...

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August 12, 2010

God Loves the Imperfect

Christians are often criticized when they sin, as if we are somehow supposed to be perfect. Perhaps that is due to the legalistic nature of some Christian denominations that spend all their time focusing on hellfire and brimstone, or because we can sometimes be a bit...

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July 6, 2010

The Great Commission

It is called the Great Commission. It is considered the duty of all Christians as it was commanded by Jesus to His disciples and all who follow Him. In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus told His disciples to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in...

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March 16, 2010

Clothes Make the Man

We would never think to leave the house in the morning without putting on our clothes. I suppose in very warm climates one might venture out in very little clothing, but not completely naked. And yet we often venture out without something much more important....

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