Month: March 2023
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Your Favorite Character
One of the great (among many) things about the Bible is how it relates to us today. A collection of books that were written over 1500 years by 40 different writers with different backgrounds, places, and situations were able to write down information that still affects us in our time. The obvious answer to such…
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Domestic Engineer
A while back my husband and I were sitting across the desk from a car salesman. We were filling out paperwork for my daughter’s car. The man was asking the questions and came to the question about our employment. He asked my husband and wrote down minister. He asked me and I said I’m just…
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Are You Cold?
Are you cold? Of course, we all have been cold before that is why we have coats and gloves, but I’m not talking about that type of cold. I’m talking about your heart. What does it mean when someone calls you cold-hearted? (I hope no one has.) Webster defines it as marked by lack of…
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The Oneness of the Church
Paul’s letter to Philemon was being sent by a man named Onesimus, a slave that served Philemon and his Christian home, that had left and met Paul, only to obey the gospel and now being sent back to his master. This letter indicates the oneness of the nature that we all have in Christ. Paul…
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Lost Sock
I’m missing a gray sock. It’s been missing for a week. I’ve looked everywhere for it; behind the hamper, under the dryer, inside pant legs and shirt sleeves. I do not know where it has gone. The other gray sock is just hanging out on my dresser waiting patiently for it to reappear. Everyday I’m…
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Spiritual Blindness
“What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Just as it is written:“God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.” And David says: “Let their table…
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The Great High Priest
Some of the early Christians left pagan idolatry to follow Christ. Some Christians left the old law and rituals of Judaism. Between the two groups, it seems that the desire to return to the Old Law of Moses was a strong temptation. The book of Hebrews addresses the problems of going back into the law…
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What Shall We Do?
The Old Testament ends with a beautiful picture of the saints of God and their actions: “Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name.” Malachi…
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The Old Gray Hair
I happened to glance in the mirror the other day and was immediately struck by the number of gray hairs I now have. I took a few moments to look at my changing hair and reflected on what I’ve been through in the past. I could name a handful of people that helped “jump-start” the…
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Five Smooth Stones
“Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine” 1 Samuel 17:40. Most are familiar with this verse…
Grace & Salt 