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A hole in your roof is never a good thing. Several years ago when we first got our camper it already had a small pencil eraser sized hole in the back corner of the roof. I patched it and it never leaked again but little did I know the damage had already been done. Recently,…
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A phrase I often says is, “I’m glad my momma whipped me long enough for Jesus to save me.” I needed discipline as a child. My parent’s discipline (not just spankings) helped guide and shape my character. Pastor, you believe in spanking? Well, not when I was getting them – who does then? But Scripture…
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What if you woke up this morning, sat down at the kitchen table with your breakfast, opened up the local newspaper and read your obituary? That’s right, you died! What would that obituary say about the life you lived? This happened to Alfred Nobel. We all know him for his creation of the Nobel Peace…
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I hate to see marriages end…especially ones where I preached the ceremony. I still call marriage holy matrimony. Most marriages end with these two words: “irreconcilable differences”. Anything, it seems, is grounds for divorce these days. I personally know of a couple that divorced over a cheeseburger. Yes, a cheeseburger. Now, the issues were much…
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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? Try this: close your eyes and think about the image of Jesus. What color do you see? Do you have a picture of…
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned about kids it is they make messes. Sometimes those messes are little. Sometimes those messes are big. My wife and I are constantly saying things to our kids like, “Pick up the clothes in your bathroom floor…that’s why you have a laundry basket in your closet. Put your dishes…
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This morning on my way into the church office I noticed several pieces of trash at our entrances. It’s not uncommon for it to collect daily as we are on a main highway. I stopped my car, got out, and walked between the driveways collecting the trash. I greatly care about the appearance of our…
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Happy New Year! The new year offers better opportunities, fresh starts, and second chances. New is something everyone wants. As I was shaving the other day I noticed the word “new” on the shaving lotion bottle. I looked at the hand soap and it said “new” as well. It made me wonder how many products…
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Solomon’s wives led him into idolatry. Samson lost his eyesight because of the woman he loved, Delilah. David committed murder because for Bathsheba. David’s wife Michal despised him for worshiping the Lord. Job’s wife wanted him to curse God and die. Haman’s wife wanted to hang Mordachi. Ahab’s wife Jezebel enticed him to do evil. Proverbs 18:22 says, “He…
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Have you ever researched you family tree? Most of us don’t know our ancestry beyond our grand or great-grandparents. I’ve always wondered if I am related to the two former presidents who bear the same last name. Everyone wants to find that royal or famous person in our lineage. However, no one wants to claim…
stephen R Harrison 