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Hell, a Choice
I’ll say it up front, I take no pleasure in this subject. I very rarely teach on Hell and yet as a preacher called and equipped by the Holy Spirit, I can’t teach on the Love of God and the … Continue reading
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Lift Him Up!
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Bible, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ Lifted Up, Christianity, Darkness, Didn't Come to Condemn, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Everlasting Life, Evil, Evil Deeds, Faith, Faithfulness, God Loved the World, God's Love, Gospel of John, Grace, Heavenly Father, His Only Begotten Son, Holy Bible, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lifted Up Serpent, Light of the World, Lord, Love, Moses, Relationship, Salvation, Saved, Scriptures, Son of Man, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Truth Comes to Light, Word of God
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Passover – Coronavirus
I want to share with you something that I HAD been conflicted over for a couple of days. Yes, I still learn, I still seek the Lord’s wisdom and I still grow in Him! Okay, that was my confession. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Aaron, Abandoned God, Abandoned Reason, Abiding in Christ, Anxiety, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Confounded Minds, Confusion, Coronavirus, Darkness, Doubt, Ecclesiastes, Egypt, Encouragement, Evil, Exodus, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Flu, God Doesn't Change, God's Character, God's in Control, God's Love, God's Nature, God's Word Doesn't Change, Good, Government, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, In God We Trust, Inspiration, Isaiah, Joy, Judgement, Light, Lord, Love, Mercy, Morality, Moses, Nations, News Media, Nothing New Under the Sun, Panic, Passover, Peace, Prayer, Prophecy, Prophetic, Reprobate, Reprobate Mind, Scriptures, Security, Social Media, Society, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Wisdom, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Western Civilizations, Word of God
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Dark vs Light – Night vs Day
Genesis 1:1-5, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the … Continue reading
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Heaven or Hell
I know it seems the “theme” for today is Heaven and Hell, in fact, more Hell than Heaven. To be thoroughly honest, I don’t like to preach or speak about Hell. That’s not me – for the most part. BUT … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, 2 Thessalonians, Bible, Choice, Choices, Creator, Darkness, Devil, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Faith, Faithfulness, Gnashing Teeth, God, God Almighty, god of This Age, God's Love, Heaven or Hell, Heavenly Father, Hidden Gospel, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Lord, Love, Matthew, No Love, Pain, Reject Christ, Reject God, Satan, Scriptures, Teaching, Torment, Truth, Veiled Gospel, Wailing, Word of God
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The Season For Receiving
This was a Christmas article I wrote for the Globe, Arizona newspaper, the “Silver Belt” in the late 1990’s for their Church Directory. I submit it here as it was written then with just a few grammatical changes (and some … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas Gifts
Tagged Anointed One, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Season, Commercialism, Darkness, Encouragement, Eternity, Faithfulness, Fruit of the Spirit, Giving, God's Love, Gospel of John, Greed, Heavenly Father, Hell, Hope, Inspiration, Intimate Relationship, Isaiah, Jesus Saves, John, Joy, Life, Lord, Love, Peace, Receiving, Redemption, Relationship, Salvation, Scriptures, Sin, Spiritual Intimacy, Teaching, Truth, Ultimate Gift, Word of God
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Vessels or Vassals?
I posted this on another site three-and-a-half years ago and thought that I had also published it on this site. Evidently I didn’t and I wanted to repost it because of what is going on in many of our churches … Continue reading
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I John 2:9-11
1 John 2:9, “He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.” As the Apostle is apt to do, he is reiterating what he has put down in the previous verses and … Continue reading
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