This past Sunday, we were singing the hymn “I Need Thee Every Hour.” Every once in a while, I pause as I did this Sunday, to remind the people to pay attention to what they are singing. Here it was a prayer to God acknowledging our need for Him. Sometimes as in “I Surrender All” […]
In our political climate at this time, we read or hear about people on all sides of the aisle claiming God’s agenda. Members of both sides claim religious affiliations. They pray and they read the scriptures. It’s as if we all want to say that God is “on our side.” It’s probably not so crazy
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I was reading my Bible the other day and the text was from Mark 9:2-8. As I read, I was reminded of texts that included the words “the law and the prophets.” Here are some of them: Matthew 11:13 – For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. Matthew 22:40 – On these
As I’ve mentioned before I’m a Baptist, and I grew up a Baptist, and we celebrated Christmas and Easter, but we never ran across most of the traditional church feasts or celebrations. Advent we didn’t know about and Lent, well, it belonged to another segment of the Christian church. I’m developing an understanding, sometimes an
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