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OUR CREATOR CAN ALSO BE KNOWN

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This universe is so vast that it staggers our feeble intellects when we begin to think about it.  For example, our universe stretches so far that it takes light, traveling at 186,282 miles per second, 10-13 billion years to make the journey from one end of the known universe to the...

AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE: FIVE FACTORS

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Since Thanksgiving Day is right around the corner, why not take just a few minutes to think about what you have to be thankful for?  If you woke up this morning and were able to hear the birds sing, use your vocal cords to utter human sounds, walk to the breakfast table on two good legs...

A VIRAL BIBLICAL PASSAGE

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One of the top five biblical verses being tweeted, hashtagged, shared, bookmarked, or highlighted is Philippians 4:13 [“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”].  And, really, it’s easy to see why this passage would go viral because this verse tells you...

PLATFORM VS PERSON

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As you may well know, enormous implications for the stability of our republic are at stake in our election on November 3rd.  If we abandon the core values of our founding fathers, our liberties, and well as the liberties of millions of others around the world, will suffer.  If you have...

GODLY SENIOR ADULT MENTORS

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Do you know, respect, and love some godly senior adults in our country?  If so, consider this.  They are not the ones who took the: Melody out of music Pride out of appearance Courtesy out of driving Romance out of love Commitment out of marriage Responsibility out of...

HOW DO SPEAKERS GET YOUR ATTENTION?

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Do you ever want to quit listening to people talk or push their agenda on television, social media, or even in person?  But then, when a public speaker finally does have your undivided attention, how did he/she get it?  Is it because they are charming, intelligent, good looking, rich...

ULTIMATE ASSURANCES WE CAN COUNT ON!

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  I cannot remember a time when the problems of our world—all over the world—have caused people to be more unsettled than right now.  In fact, we seem to be so overloaded with such a barrage of problems that we almost don’t know how to process or think through fully...

MANY BRANCHES REQUIRE SUPPORT

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You may be aware of the analogy that Jesus used in John 15 when He compared Himself to the vine, while we are like the branches.  Jesus said (Vv. 4-5): I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do...

IMPORTANT GODLY  TRAITS

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Would you please stop what you are doing for just a few moments at some point during this day and read the first 3 verses in Psalm 1?  It is here that God talks specifically  about the traits of a godly person, and the first thing God says is that a godly person is separated from the...