Adapted from an article by Scott Hubbard, “Do You See Your Soul?,” May 7, 2025 at: http://www.desiringgod.org ********************************* Picture yourself facing one of your typical temptations. Someone catches you in a little lie, and you are embarrassed; but another bigger lie would explain it all away and save you the embarrassment. A loved […]
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From a funeral sermon. As you all well know, Cheryl suffered a great deal in these past several months; all that time in the hospital, all those tests, all the reports (usually bad), all the pain and anxiety, all the uncertainty, all the surgeries, and everything else she went through. And for you,
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By Marshal Segal, March 27, 2022, at: http://www.desiringgod.org ******************************* Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! –Revelation 22:20 The last prayer in the Bible is also one of its shortest; and yet it’s layered with heartache and anticipation, with distress and hope, with agony and joy. Can you imagine the apostle John savoring those three words,
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By John Piper (1946- ), former Senior Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church (1980-2013), Minneapolis, Minnesota; (in the above photo, Piper is the one on the right) ******************************* Angola Prison in Louisiana is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States. It is home to 6,300 inmates. Those sentenced there are the worst of
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From my funeral sermon for Grandpa Harold, 1989. ******************************************* 78 years, two months, and 26 days; those are the words I just read in the obituary. A good, long and full life, we might say. I, for one, hope to get 78 years. But if I do get to be 78 years old, will
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From a sermon given on my son’s Confirmation Day, a long time ago. ********************************* John 8:31, 32 — Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free.”
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From a July 2024 sermon. This is how the Rapidan Dam area used to look (photo above)… A few weeks ago, after a six-inch rain south of Mankato, the already flooded Blue Earth River increased to 36 times its average flow. The news was that the Rapidan Dam might fail. And though the
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Matthew 7:24-27 — (Jesus said), “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the
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(…continued) So, what does that mean, ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart?’ How can we do that? As you well know, we DO need to work, to make money, to pay our bills. You can’t trust God to put the checks in the mail. And, the very nature of some
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From a June 2024 sermon. Following this worship service, there will be a Teddy Bear Picnic for children ages 3-6 and their families. There will be Teddy Bear themed activities, games, and a picnic. And there will be a Teddy Bear Talk about “Hiding God’s Word in our Hearts.” I will say something
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