Category: Devotional Thoughts
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The Good We Get
It was one of those “Gotcha!” statements. “Imagine what the government could do with the tax money they ought to be collecting from churches.” The implication, of course, was that churches are financial shelters for ministers or other moralistic phonies to build their wealth and keep from sharing it with…
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God’s Word, Not Mine
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in…
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Can I Balance The Scale?
“All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.” – Proverbs 16:2 “I’ve done a lot of good things,” is the argument I usually hear when I talk to people about sin. We can’t seem to get over the fact that our good deeds…
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The Search For Purpose
“Everyone to whom much is given, of him much will be required…” – Luke 12:48b I don’t remember how old I was, but somewhere between ages 6 and 8 I heard the words of Luke 12:48 from my Sunday School teacher at church. I remember the classroom, and even the…
Between The Ditches 