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1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 — “Now on the topic of brotherly love a you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters,…
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I can imagine the disciples were getting antsy. Night was falling and everyone was in the boat waiting to sail to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Well, everyone but Jesus. He had read the weather forecast and knew that there was a gale watch in effect for the sea. “See ya fellas!”…
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“There are some people who love the adrenaline of being scared.” — spokeswoman for Highland Paranormal, a paranormal investigation company “With exposure of the paranormal, especially on TV, we have more people coming forward to talk about it and their own experiences without getting classed as a crazy person. It’s much more accepted today in…
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Isaiah 54:10 (NIV) Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. It takes a lot to remove a hill. Or to shake a mountain, for that matter. In…
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“The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies speak of the work of His hands. Day and night they pour forth speech. There is no place where their voice is not heard.” — Psalm 19 “From the creation of the world God’s invisible attributes, His divine power and divine nature have been seen in…
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What is the church? What does a church look like? What does a church believe? What does a church do? As I sharpen my thinking about what a “church” looks like I’m left pondering these questions. You see, I firmly believe there is no one-size-fits-all church that can be created and transplanted from one country…
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“‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. Leviticus 25:34-36 “I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger… no stranger had to spend…
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In the midst of packing for my upcoming 8-week trip to Europe I wanted to post a few comments about humility. Yesterday in church we covered Philippians 2:1-4, a passage in which the apostle Paul calls for unity in the body under the mantle of humility. He says, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,…
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Where were you when you heard the news of 9/11? What did you think at first? I’ll never forget the confusion I experienced the first time I turned on my car radio the morning of September 11, 2001. I was on my way in to work at the Grapevine Sun newspaper in Grapevine, Texas, where…
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No one can serve two masters. So whom are you serving? Where is your security? What keeps you up at night with worry?
J.C. Newton 