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Blessings Through Light
*Pastor’s Note: This is from a favorite writer of mine who also does awesome poetry. As so many of you know, I love poetry and I’ve read a lot of Sister Kathy’s poetry. Here is one of her recent posts. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged A Time To Share, Art & Poetry by Paul & Kathy Boecher, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blessings, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Poetry, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Creation, Encouragement, God, God Almighty, Gospel, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Inspirational Poetry, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kathy Boecher, Lord, Nature, Paul Boecher, Peace, Poetry, Religion, Righteousness, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Trees and Simple Faith . . . Redux
*Pastor’s Note: Have you given any thought at all to the simple things in life? If you have, have you considered them in relation to faith? Our Brother-in-Christ, Don Merritt at Life Project Blog shares with us some wonderful perspective … Continue reading
Posted in Body Ministry
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Body Ministry, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Don Merritt, Encouragement, God, God Almighty, Gospel, Gospel of John, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Life Lessons, Life Project Blog, Lord, Nature, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Simple Faith, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Trees, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Moral Attributes of God – 4
*Pastor’s Note: Remember because of the need to explain at times in detail, the lessons have been divided up into parts. Part Four In the last lesson, if you remember, we covered God’s Justice and Righteousness as moral attributes that … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
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Mother’s Day 2022
This year for Mother’s Day I thought I would delve into just a little bit of history before going all the way back into ancient history with some Biblical thoughts. Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
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Moral Attributes of God – 3
*Pastor’s Note: Remember because of the need to explain at times in detail, the lessons will have to be divided up into parts. Part Three In the last lesson we left off with the Moral Attribute of God’s Love. Remember, … Continue reading
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Moral Attributes of God – 2
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons MAY be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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Moral Attributes of God – 1
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons MAY be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 5
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 4
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 2
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 1
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 2 Corinthians, Agape, Attributes, Bible, Bible Teaching, Character, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Colossians, Comfort, Communicate, Daniel, Encouragement, Ephesians, Eternity, Exhortation, God, God Almighty, Godhead, Gospel, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Immutability, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Kingdom of God, Life, Life Lessons, Limitless, Lord, Mystery, Nature, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience, Pastor's Desk, Relationship, Religion, Revelation, Righteousness, Romans, Salvation, Scripture, Scripture Lesson, Scriptures, Spiritual Principle, Spirituality, Study in Scripture, Teaching, Teaching Truth, Theology, Truth, Unconditional Love, Unlimited, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Loving The Word of God
Psalm 12:6, “The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.” Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me … Continue reading
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Our Awesome God! – 2
Part Two: Okay, moving on from Part One where we were talking about Darwin’s false theory of evolution. Now, as a scientific fact, due to fossil records and such (I know some “Christians” even dispute this), for instance, it has … Continue reading
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Our Awesome God! – 1
Part One: So many of you that have followed my teaching know that I speak so often about becoming more intimate with our Heavenly Father. To some of you this may seem like a cliché or even some form of … Continue reading
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Science – Possible Through Belief In Orderly God
*Pastor’s Note: This is a special Food For Thought. I love science. That’s the truth. But – I love hard, factual, quantifiable science. Not so much theoretical although some theoretical science fascinates me as long as it isn’t taught as … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought
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I John 5:14-17
1 John 5:14-17, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
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On The Dissolution of The World IV – Hugh Blair
*Pastor’s Note: I was looking through my Bible software on the subject of our “Redemption Draws Near” and I became intrigued with the subject by this past great Scottish preacher and thought it would be a great addition and one … Continue reading
Posted in Great Sermons/Quotes From The Past
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian Morality, Christianity, Church of Scotland, Cities Fall, Classic Preaching, Classic Sermons, Contemplation, Creator, Day of the Lord, Dissolution of the World, Encouragement, Eternal, Everlasting, Faith, Fellowship of the Royal Society at Edinburgh (FRSE), God, Government of God, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Hugh Blair, Kingdom of God, Last Trumpet, Lord, Nature, New Beginnings, New Earth, New Heaven, Prophecies, Prophecy, Relationship, Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish Minister, Scriptures, Son of God, Strength, Teaching, Thief in the Night, Truth, Word of God
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 3
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading →