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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 3
MERRY CHRISTMAS. Merry Christmas. Such a joyful greeting from a Christian to another. Returning our thoughts to the multitudes hearing Jesus’ teaching: Matthew 5 King James Version (KJV) Verse 13 You are the salt of the earth. Salt is plentiful and worthless, except that it makes our food to last and seasons its flavor to…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Introduction
You may not have thought of the beatitudes as a teaching related to preparation for Christmas (Advent), but by intention of the Spirit that is exactly what is on my heart. The usual Christmas liturgy of church begins just after the following genealogy of Jesus Christ (which we tend to skip over, just like those…
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We Gather Together
Perhaps you know the Thanksgiving hymn, “We Gather Together.” Look to the lyrics of the hymn of thanks and give thought to them: 1. We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; he chastens and hastens his will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name, he forgets…
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Africa: Faith in a House of Cards
Americans, Europeans, many South Americans, South Africans, Australians, upper class Indians and upper class Asians of countries like China and Japan are very blessed. Even though we may be poor compared to most of our own countrymen, most ‘relatively rich’ Christians (like us) do NOT see and hear the great need of many brothers and…
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 8
My eyes drew back from their distant stare to gaze away from the picture. I gazed back from yesterday and looked intently toward the cross at the front of the church. I wondered: How does Jesus fit into all of this? I had never quite seen the connection between Jesus and all of the pictures…
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This is my son
“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” I am well pleased in some things: like how hard he has worked and what he has achieved as part of his football team. In other things: I am not so well pleased. We know that this quote is not mine alone and that…
