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If there’s one thing I’ve learned about kids it is they make messes. However, that’s life! I’d rather have kids and the messiness that accompanies them than a perfect house without them! Oh, I make some, too! Sometimes those messes are little. Sometimes those messes are big. My wife and I are constantly saying things…
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Even in a tight spot, we must not fear and trust the Lord because He is our refuge and strength (Psalm 46:1). When we are surrounded by the enemy, we must be still and know that He is God (v. 10). That’s the theme of worship and thankfulness as Psalm 46 commemorates how God gave…
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I recall a divine appointment at the gas pump. I pulled in between two buses: a prison bus facing one direction and a Christian college bus facing the other. I thought, “this is the tale of two busses”. As I pumped gas I thought about choices. We all have to make them. Some choose wisely…
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When I was in Haiti, I watched as a family was digging a trench for their new home’s foundation. They used huge rocks they found to create the footers to bear the weight of the foundation and walls and keep them from settling. When I built my house, I poured 18″x24″ concrete footers reinforced with…
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Perhaps this is a question to which you’ve never given much thought. Maybe this causes you to think even further back to the beginning of time: what color were Adam and Eve? For them, there’s no way to biblically support your answer, whatever guess you make. But what about Jesus? Try this: close your eyes…
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I remember the first time I dunked a basketball. I was in the 7th grade, and I thought I was something special. The trouble was, it wasn’t on a 10′ regulation height basketball goal. I had lowered the goal at a friend’s house to about 8.5′. You would have thought I was Michael Jordan that…
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Is it easier to be generous when you have money or when you are broke? I’ve been on both ends of this spectrum. There have been times I’ve wanted to give towards something but wasn’t able due to lack of funds, and there have been other times I didn’t give toward something because I wanted…
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Thomas Aquinas said, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” I’ve got a couple of close friends who have been there for me through the ups and downs of life. These friends were there at my wedding, the birth of my kids, the death of my dad, mom, and…
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I once heard someone say studying the biblical Greek language was foolish. They wrongly said, “all you have to do is read the English. It says what it says.” While we have many dependable and trustworthy Bible translations, we must study to show ourselves approved and correctly handle the Word of truth (2 Tim 2:15).…
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I once had someone leave the church I pastored because they said they got nothing from the sermon or service and it looked like pastoring was “getting to me” (although they didn’t explain). I asked, “Didn’t I read the Scriptures? Didn’t I point out truths from it? Didn’t I share the gospel? Didn’t we pray?…
stephen R Harrison 