I had told you about my teacher whom I did not like, and what she had taught me (“My Body Is a Temple”). There is another lesson I remember from her that I will share with you.
We sing a song that talks about time:
Time is filled with swift transition.
Naught of earth unmoved can stand.
Build your [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by doc
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You know, it really is funny the things you remember. When I was in the second grade, I had a teacher with whom I formed a mutual dislike attraction…I could not stand the woman, and she heartily returned the emotion. But, you know, she really did teach me a few thngs. This was a public [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by doc
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Okay, I am a Christian. I really do try to live by the things taught in the New Testament. In Romans 13:8, Paul taught us that we are to “owe no man anything.” Am I sinning if I buy my car on time, or do not pay the complete price of my home when I [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2010 by doc
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In Matthew 12:36, we read “And I say unto you, that every idle word that man shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.” That was Jesus speaking. If I am to give an account for anything in the Day of Judgment, I ought to be aware of that, oughtn’t I? [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2009 by doc
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To some, this is a big question. I, personally, love good music…or, at least, I love music that sounds good to me. But, you know, the Lord has an idea of what He likes, also. It is He Who decides what pleases Him, and what He want as part of our worship service. For example, [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2009 by doc
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Don’t we all? Of course, there are jokes Christians would not repeat, aren’t there? There are crude jokes that we don’t even want to hear! And certain jokes are hurtful to some. We want to avoid those, also. But Matthew mentions “idle words (Matthew 12:36),” and Paul told the Ephesians to avoid “foolish talk (Ephesians [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by doc
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Matthew 6:1-4
Take heed that you do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them; else ye have no reward with your Father Who is in Heaven. When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogue and in the streets, that they may have the [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by doc
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8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.…10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives. 1 John 1:8, 10
That seems pretty clear — we all sin. That’s exactly what Paul [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Aren’t they the same thing? Well, not really. According to Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, fornication is “illicit sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person,” and adultery is “voluntary sexual intercourse by a married man with someone other than his wife or by a married woman with someone other than her husband.” Looking at this [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2009 by doc
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I thought I had heard just about everything! I was truly amazed when we, as a country, began to debate same-sex marriage. I could not believe that a country founded on Christian principles (and we were) could ever sink so low as to even think about marriage being anything but one man and one woman. [...]
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by doc
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