“No clue” is an informal idiom that signifies a complete lack of knowledge, understanding, or information on a topic. —————————– I’ve seen several YouTube videos of ‘person on the street’ interviews where people are asked the big questions of life. Random people are approached, the interviewer puts out the microphone, and asks, “Why […]
Adapted from my sermon the day Brad, age 29, was baptized. ——————————– Do you remember your baptism? If you are a Lutheran, like me, you probably don’t. If you are a Baptist, you probably do. Lutherans, like many Christian denominations, baptize infants; infants, who are sinners from their mother’s womb (Psalm 51:5),
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In the Fall of 2000, my father, his only living uncle, and six cousins, travelled to Gotthun, Germany, a tiny village in the northeast corner of the country. They went there to visit the place our ancestors, August and Augusta Stier, left in 1875 to come to America. Our connection to
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By Eric Watkins (above), pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, California (from November 2023 Christianity Today) ——————————————– I was born outside the church—very far outside. Neither of my parents were Christians when I was a kid. We were a military family, my dad a Marine, and we bounced around several
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From the Standing Strong Through the Storm daily devotion at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ——————————— Satan subtly promotes the attitude that says money, property, possessions, physical comforts, as well as worldly fame and honor are the most important things in life. While God created all things and is the source of all we have, He does
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Two men lost their way hiking through a dense forest in Montana. It was a remote area, they were not recognizing any landmarks, and could not be sure if the direction they were going was leading them toward a road or further into the wilderness. Late in the afternoon on the
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Adapted from The Person Reborn by Paul Tournier, 1966, pages 201-201. ——————————- The value of a human life does not lie in the “rights of man,” a fundamental concept of modem individualism. Rather, our rights come from God, who has given us our lives, and to whom we are accountable. The concept of
By Stephen Witmer, posted July 1, 2018 at: http://www.desiringgod.org Envy is a stingy and demanding master. It’s stingy because, unlike many other sins, there’s absolutely nothing pleasurable about experiencing it. Most sins bait the hook: lust offers excitement and escape, greed promises wealth and pleasure, gossip promises power and participation in the inner
(…continued) We live our whole lives in a life and death situation, every minute of every day we live in what the Bible calls ‘the valley of the shadow of death.’ That should change our perspective on the value of everything: what we spend our money on, what we pay attention to, and
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(…continued) This story is a parable on modern life. Like the many messages floating in from the sea, we have on our radios, TVs, smart phones, and computers, an endless flow of information and entertainment, and the opportunity to read or watch or hear whatever we want all day long. But the problem
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