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Do You Smell?
How many of these “fragrances” do you know? A new car. Fresh pine when cutting firewood. Ash tray in the smoking area. Burned flux when welding. Exhaust from diesel truck. Kerosene from the startup of an airline jet. Windrow of…
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How to Have Endurance as a Christian
Four Keys to Running the Christian Race with Endurance (Hebrews 12:1-3) “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let…
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Do You Have an STD? (Sprinkler Tweaking Disorder)
I spent most of 2002 building my own house, and one of the main goals was for the place to be as maintenance free as possible. I wanted to relax when it was done and coast through home ownership. I…
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Is The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death Real?
I had a feeling the “valley of the shadow of death” David wrote about in the 23rd Psalm was a real place, I just didn’t know I would actually see it in a recent visit to Israel. Psalms 23:4 says…
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Be an Encourager
Unity among believers in the church is so important, the concept shows up in almost all of Paul’s writings in the New Testament. As the early church started about 2,000 years ago, a unified body of Christians was essential for…
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How Jews Can Embrace True Christianity
As we get older, most of us add titles or accomplishments to ourselves we are proud of, and we want our life to matter and count for something. We also want a good relationship with God. I recently met someone…
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Bad Events Bring Good Habits
Have you been driving on slick roads when suddenly, for no reason of your own, the rear end of your vehicle decides to pass the front of the vehicle? Suddenly, you’re going down the freeway sideways and out of control. You do one…
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Be a Log not a Rock.
Do you attend a cold church? Not in Fahrenheit degrees, but can you attend a church service and not speak to another person except for the customary “shake hands with the people around you, or empty “hi, how you doin’?”…
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Fear Not
FEAR means Forget Everything And Run to many people. But when you trust God, you can Face Everything And Rise! Psalm 37 and Psalm 73 are similar. Both are about how evildoers seem to prosper. However, we Christians are not…
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How Do You Respond to God’s Word
The Parable of the Sower in Luke 8:4-9 is a story Jesus used to teach about the 4 kinds of people and their response to the Bible. His disciples then asked for an explanation of what it meant, and we should…
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