When was the last time you said, “There’s nothing on TV tonight”? At our house we have Dish Satellite TV (300+ channels), Netflix (5,000 movies), Amazon Prime (20,000 movies, tens of thousands more to rent, and 3,000 television series), and the internet (and its endless opportunities to go down one rabbit hole after […]
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TELL ME by Shel Silverstein Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect — But tell me the truth. **************************************** Galatians 4:16 — Have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Colossians 3:9 — Do
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There is an old fable that tells of three novice demons who are on their way to earth to finish their apprenticeship in the art of temptation. They were talking to Satan, the chief of the devils, about their plans to tempt people to live only for themselves and keep God out of their
(…continued) I treasure the memory of those ‘coincidental’ meetings. And I look forward to many more meetings like that in heaven, when we will have a whole eternity to meet people from all over the world, and all across time. Just imagine the possible conversations: “Oh, you packed food for Feed My Starving Children?
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I Timothy 6:7 — For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain, we can carry nothing out. —————– Two old friends were visiting. Tony said to Stan, “Why don’t you retire, Stan? You know your wife wants to do some traveling, you never have time for your grandchildren’s ballgames, and I
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(…continued) Finally, there is the objection that the church has too many hypocrites. To someone making this objection, I would say, “Are you kidding? Of course we have hypocrites around here. We also have adulterers, liars, deceivers, snobs, people who are too greedy for their own good, crabby and ungrateful people, angry and
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(…continued) Next, let’s take the objection concerning money. Here I might get a little defensive. Even Phil Robertson one time made a little jab at preachers about this one. Phil Robertson (1946-2025) is the bearded patriarch of the Duck Dynasty clan. He is a good Christian man, and I once heard him say he
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From a sermon a few years ago. We are in the middle of a sermon series on the many objections people have to going to church, why they leave the church, and why some return. The series is based on a little booklet that lists ten of these reasons, reasons discovered in a survey
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By Rick Warren, in his Daily Hope devotional, July 1, 2018, at: http://www.pastorrick.org Luke 6:31 — (Jesus said), “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” One of the greatest tests of your character is how you treat people who are trying to serve you. Whether it’s a waitress, a
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Galatians 5:13 says, “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” The Bible links freedom and responsibility. Freedom is not the license to do whatever we want, but freedom to serve others in love.
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