Category: GOSPEL OF GRACE
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MERCY AND FORGIVENESS IS ABUNDANT IN CHRIST…
Part II of the Confession for Generational Sin of Slavery. GOD’s abundant mercy and forgiveness is free. #mercyandforgiveness Read more
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WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT GOD FROM HIS CREATIVE WORK?…
“Let there be light!” It took those simple words to begin the process of creating the world. This GOD created our world, with all the detail we now find present down to each cell. Much of it He simply spoke into being. He also shows such variety in the creatures he created, the plants He placed here, the… Read more
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3 MEANS OF GRACE GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR YOU…
Today, I’m back to my Rosaria Butterfield series and the topics that arise from it. Earlier posts are here, here, and here. Another topic from that series that I have mulled on often has been one called the means of grace. You may not know it from that title, but it will not be a new… Read more
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DO WE HAVE GOOD LEADERS WHO ARE BUILDING UP?…
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages, who says, ‘I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,’ who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with… Read more
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CONFESSION FOR THE GENERATIONAL SIN OF SLAVERY & RACISM…
Yesterday, our sermon was on Daniel 9. Seemed harmless enough. It wasn’t…harmless, that it is. Taken in a larger context, it was even less so. It was about corporate confession of sin, specifically, the sin of racism. But you might not know the full context. I take pride in my background of 7 years in… Read more
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ARE YOUR MEMORIES A SOURCE OF JOY OR RESENTMENT?…
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If you are like us, many of your vacations this summer will involve time, sometimes extended time, with family members you don’t regularly see. In fact, this past week, we were with some of our family and soon we’ll be with other parts of our family. It’s always fun to see them. Especially if it… Read more
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FORCED REST…AFTER A DAY OF THE PUKES!…
Rest. I lie here on the couch, sipping sprite and laugh to think of the appropriateness of this word for me today. Yes, we had plans for a 2 part vacation over almost 2 weeks. Part I was in Mobile, AL for the Presbyterian Church in America’s General Assembly. It is our last. We aren’t… Read more
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WILL YOU LOSE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS?…
What happens when you lose your parents? When you look back and realize you are the senior generation. Barring sudden tragedy, your generation will be the next in the family to pass from the scene. No, I’m not trying to be gloomy. We all think about our mortality at times. Particularly when there are events… Read more
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I WANT ENERGY & VITALITY. INSTEAD, I HAVE A SHEPHERD…
Lately, I have found myself wanting my life to be more like it once was…at least at certain stages. I want to feel vibrant and energetic; cheerful and alive; optimistic and hopeful. Instead, I keep finding myself spiraling downward quickly into gloomy thinking, or feeling very sluggish and foggy in my thinking, and having to… Read more
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IS THE CHURCH READY FOR YOU?…
Is the church ready for you, even if you are different? Rosaria Butterfield found herself drawn first to Christ, then the Church. And they were ready. #isyourchurchready? #doesourlocalchurchreflectchrist? Read more
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