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| Am I My Brother's Keeper? |
Text: Genesis 4:9 “And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?”
The story that today's text is taken from is an old one. It is the account of the world's first homicide. I have heard that most of the murders these days are in... Read More |
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| Blue Light Special |
Text: Proverbs 26:11, “As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”
I won't comment to what dogs do after they throw up. The text is not about animal instinct but about people who never seem to learn. 1963 and 1998 will go down in the history of my life as having... Read More |
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| But I’m a Big Guy |
| Text:1 Cor 13: 1-3, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove... Read More |
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| Castles, Reformers and Faith |
Romans 1:17, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
I had the opportunity to go to Germany to spend a week-end conducting a men’s retreat for some service men who, with their families, are stationed in... Read More |
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| Checking Out the Specs |
| Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."... Read More |
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| Eat Your Carrots, Mr. Freebish |
Text: Eph. 4:32 "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
I clipped the following out of the paper years ago. I don't even know who wrote it. I recently read that the secret of success at a dinner table was to... Read More |
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| He Talks too Much |
Proverbs 13:3,” He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction”
The concept expressed in this text is not hard to understand but is extremely hard to put into practice. Now you might be the kind of guy who knows how to keep your cards... Read More |
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| How Would Jesus Treat Monica Lewinsky? |
| Texts: Matthew 23:33, “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” John 8:11, “She said, ‘No man, Lord.’ And Jesus said unto her, ‘Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.’" Much of the political news during 1998... Read More |
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| How's That Again? |
| Proverbs 27:2, ”Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.” These words hardly reflect what they are telling us to do in the 21st century. If this text had been written these days it probably would go something like this, “ Be the first to... Read More |
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| I'm Not A Baby Anymore |
Text: 1 Cor. 13: 11: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” It has been too long now to remember, but I am sure that when we were kids there were many times when we resented how... Read More |
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| Know it All |
Proverbs 13:13,” Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.” The book of Proverbs is just that--a collection of sayings. The dictionary says that a proverb is a short, pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses... Read More |
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| Making It Last |
Text: 1 Cor 13: 8, “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.” Can you tell me anything that will really last? What about fame? We try to make it last by... Read More |
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| Pride Kills! |
One day when I was in Miami, I was talking with a young man who worked for the district attorney. He told me that they had caught a couple of mid-level dope dealers. The guys had not been partners or anything, it was two separate cases. Yet the cases were pretty much the same... Read More |
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| Putting on the Dog |
Proverbs 13:7: “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.” Why are we men so often hung up on trying to impress each other? In the animal kingdom it is not uncommon for the males of the species to be... Read More |
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| Reflections on a Prison Visit |
Text: Proverbs 26:11, “ As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.” Some time ago I had an experience that really touched me. For several years I directed prison ministries for the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. We... Read More |
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| Revolutionary or Reformer? |
I had an appointment to speak in Germany. While there I was able to see some of the important sites connected with the Protestant Reformation. It is not a bad idea to look back. We are a product of where we have come from, and unless we have a clear fix on that we will not be... Read More |
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| Take Your Promotion |
Text: 2 Corinthians 5:17, ”Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” I had the privilege of conducting a men's week-end retreat at our church's Service Men's Center in Frankfort, Germany. We were... Read More |
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| The Greatest |
Text: 1 Cor. 13:13, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” I don't remember which year it was, but I do remember the man. His name then was Cassius Clay. He was an up-and-coming heavy-weight boxer in the Olympics.... Read More |
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| The Head of the House |
Text: Ephesians 5: 23,25,28, "For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; so ought men to love their wives as their... Read More |
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| The Lion Story |
Text: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Long ago and far away in a country in East Africa lived a missionary. This was before the days of modern means of travel. To... Read More |
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