RECASTING “ALL SAINTS EVE”With the coming of October, we are fully into the fall. Praise God for the autumn weather. But October also brings on Halloween. Christians, for a long time, have struggled with what to do with Halloween. Diane…
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FALLING IN LINE WITH JESUSDiane and I went to the HomeGoods Store a couple of days ago. Good grief, you would think Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin were running the store. I mean, already stores are putting out Halloween…
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FALLING IN LINE WITH JESUSDiane and I went to the HomeGoods Store a couple of days ago. Good grief, you would think Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin were running the store. I mean, already stores are putting out Halloween…
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WHAT’S IN A NAMEThe month of August and summer is more than halfway over. By the end of the month, children will go back to school and Halloween decorations will start to appear in stores. Still the weather is hot…
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THE FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR GREATNESSAs we come to America’s 246th birthday, we would do well to consider the faith of some of our Founding Fathers. One of the most instrumental of America’s Founding Fathers was John Adams, who followed George…
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A MONTH OF NEW BEGINNINGSJune is traditionally a month for weddings and graduations. Both events are suggestive on the spiritual level. Weddings mark the beginning of a life lived in partnership with another person. Graduations mark the end of a…
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THE REAL “FORGET ME NOT” OF MAYThe first day of May marks two weeks since Easter. It seems hardly possible that we have moved through the past four months so quickly. More Covid shots, tax season, Super Bowl, Olympics, Academy…
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DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS?“Who do men say that I am?” That was Jesus’ question to his disciples. It is a question that every follower of Jesus must answer. For some people, he is the founder of a world…
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CHECKING YOUR CALENDAR AND YOUR SOULThe calendar year has undergone an evolution over time. There is some historical support for the early Roman calendar containing only ten months (March-December). Before 150 BC, the Roman calendar built its calendar around the…
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LOVING AMERICAWell, here we are, one month into the new year of 2022. In some ways, it seems like “old times all over again.” Covid is still around and life in the U.S., let alone the world, is not back…
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