    I always enjoyed my English Literature classes in high school and college, though I cannot remember many of the details. One detail I do remember, however, is that I really liked the poetry of Ogden Nash (1902-1971). He was always creative, usually funny, often off-the-wall silly, sometimes wise, and could, at times, be all […]
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    Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Minnesota based Christian organization that provides healthy meals for children around the world. Meals are packaged by volunteers, and all food costs and expenses are paid by donors. This year they will pack and ship over 400 million meals.     FMSC began their work in 1987. One
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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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   (…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.Â
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was a British author, linguist, and lexicographer. Â He produced the first major dictionary of the English language. Â He is regarded by many as the greatest man of letters in English history. ———- A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer
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   More than one hundred verses in the New Testament contain warnings. What are these warnings about? — the dangers of neglecting regular exercise and proper dental care? Of course not. The warnings are about the danger of neglecting God and your immortal soul. But many today wonder why such warnings are needed anymore.Â
