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Death is not a popular topic. No one ever says, “Why don’t you come over Friday night and hang out. We’ll eat pizza and talk about death.” If we got that invitation, we would find a reason to say no.Death is not a popular topic. But we all thi
Let’s begin with the words of Mark Twain:"It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand."And all God’s people said, “He’s right about that.”We know what he meant. You can spend
One of the complaints that I hear from people as to why they are not interested in becoming Christians is that there are too many rules. It is all of them “Thou shalt nots” that they object to. Well to be honest, there are some things that we a
“Prayer is not everything but everything is by prayer.” So said Ray Ortlund. All Christians would agree with that statement. No matter what our background, instinctively we know prayer is central to the Christian life.We all know we ought to p
What do you do when your world caves in?How does a Christian respond when hard times come?What can we do to keep our faith strong?All of us face those questions because we all go through deep trials eventually. When that happens, everything
When I was 18 years old, I read the Bible for the first time. Although I had grown up going to church and had accepted Christ as my Savior as a child, I had never really gotten into the habit of reading the Bible or studying it for myself. I wa
The book "Real Hope in Chicago" is about a high school coach named Wayne Gordon. A Christian, Gordon began a Bible study after school with some inner city kids in the Lawndale area, which was the 2nd poorest black community in the country. This
There is a cemetery outside Florence, Alabama, near the remains of an antebellum mansion called Forks of Cypress. The mansion was built in the 1820s by James Jackson, an early settler of northwest Alabama. About a quarter-mile from the Mansio
There is a cemetery outside Florence, Alabama, near the remains of an antebellum mansion called Forks of Cypress. The mansion was built in the 1820s by James Jackson, an early settler of northwest Alabama. About a quarter-mile from the Mansion
Someone has wrong you. I don’t know who and I don’t know what, I just know that, whoever he or she is, and whatever he or she did, you have been wronged. And somewhere you have had to decide whether or not you’d forgive that person. You may hav
Perhaps you’ve heard the story about the message one man left on his tombstone. It said, “Consider, young man, as you walk by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you soon shall be, so prepare, young man to follow me.”That sounded pret
What is worship? How do we do it? I think of worship as giving value and worth to something or someone. We do it all the time, and sometimes we think we are doing it when we probably are not. For instance, sometimes we say we are praising God w
Last week, we looked at two parables that had much to do about the same thing. We read Jesus’ parables about the lost sheep and the lost coin. In both of those parables, Jesus illustrated the need for seeking those who are lost, even if they mi
This week, we are looking at a parable about prayer.One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”He said to them, “When you pr
What happens if you find that something is not growing well in your garden? What if it is something that time after time you try to tend and nurture, but it just does not bear much fruit? What if that happens to be a person? What happens if one
Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted.Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night,anxiously work
So far in our look at the parables of Jesus, we have read stories about seed and dirt, wheat and weeds, and workers in a vineyard. Today’s parable is not about any of those things, but about two kinds of people and two different ways of approac
You are shopping at Walmart. There has been a big crowd but you came early and, though you have had to wait in the checkout line for 15 minutes, there is a long line behind you. As you get to the front, the cashier turns off her open light and
How do you respond to the presence of evil in the world? Do you sometime wonder where God is when bad things happen? We certainly cannot deny that evil exists. A quick look at the news on any day of the week will reveal how bad things are and s
People love a good story. Watch children and adults perk up when someone says, “Let me tell you a story.” I am one who is often captivated by a well-told story, unfortunately I am not one who can tell one very well, but I like to hear them. Man
A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their mom with a houseplant. They had used their own money to buy it and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, "There was a bouquet at the flower shop that we wanted to give you.
Who is Jesus Christ? It’s certainly not a new question. It’s as old as the coming of Christ to earth. Once when Jesus took his disciples on a retreat to a place called Caesarea Philippi, he asked them, “Who do people say that I am?” They offe
Our journey through Daniel ends today. The reason we began this journey was that because … Daniel’s situation parallels our own. Daniel spent his entire adult life as a believer living in a pagan culture. We can gain much insight from the way h
Some time ago, a cartoon appeared in Leadership Journal that shows a couple leaving church and shaking hands with the pastor. The man says to the pastor, “You’re in a rut, Reverend. Every time I come here, you preach about the Resurrection.” (W
My text has long been considered the most important passage in the book of Daniel. For 2000 years Christians have debated its true meaning. It is the key to prophetic interpretation and the backbone of biblical prophecy. If you understand what
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