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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
The church is called the body of Christ. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if the members of our physical bodies behaved like the members of the spiritual body sometimes do? HEART - "You know, I’m just stuck in a rut. For the last 45 years all I do is beat and beat. Lub, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Tags: Church Purpose Of, Church, Church Body Of Christ, Body Of Christ, Human Body, Unity (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The movie King Arthur retells the legend of the great warrior king who ruled England in the dark ages. Arthur (Clive Owen) is a Christian of Roman origin, but his knights are all pagans who were forced into service at a young age. Arthur has won over their allegiance by his selfless leadership, but ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 5:1-5
Tags: Faith General
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
No Fire Without Heat and Smoke! (06.14.05--The Tie That Binds--1 John 4:19) It’s been hot here lately at Beech Springs. It has been unusually hot and humid. The beech woods understory that blankets our little valley are getting crisper under foot daily. The trilliums came and went and are withered ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:19
Tags: Promises Of God
Denomination: Lutheran
The woodland creature known as the porcupine weighs 15-20 pounds. This primarily nocturnal animal gets its name from the Latin word for pig and the French word for thorn. These “prickly pigs” have 30,000 quills each are a mass of tiny overlapping barbs. When threatened these rodents first try to ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-19
Tags: Christian Disciplines, Peace
Do Some Screaming! (09.15.05--Heavenly Citizens!--1 Cor 15:31) The hog-nose snake flipped over on its back and coiled itself up into a neat coil. It lay seemingly lifeless in front of us somehow waiting for us to either move on or dare to pick it up. Banking on the former, I am sure it was pleased ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:31
Tags: Discipleship, Love Of The Disciples
The most often visited internet site in the summer of 2001 was reported to be an interview with God. Some of you have sent me a copy of this. It’s an imaginary question-and-answer session with God. In June alone it had 2.4 million visitors log on, and all of this without advertising! Human ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-29
Tags: Testimony, Sharing My Testimony
Denomination: Baptist
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," by C.S. Lewis we have a story of the power of resurrection. When Aslan the Lion came back to life, it meant hope for those who were enslaved by the White Witch. Resurrection introduced new life--the hallmark of Christianity. Some time ago Time Magazine ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-27
Tags: Narnia
Denomination: Wesleyan
In C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, we have a story of love–love between four siblings and love for and by Aslan, the Lion-Savior. It is this love that gives these youngsters courage to go on. Legend has it that a wealthy merchant traveling through the Mediterranean world looking ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:1
Tags: Narnia, Passion, Love, Secret Of Life, Commitment (view more) (view less)
On the final page of the final book of The Chronicles of Narnia, some of the children who have been to Narnia lament that they once again must return to their homeland—the Shadow-Lands. But Aslan (the lion who represents Jesus) has the best news of all for them: [Aslan spoke to the children,] ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5
What Do Adults Pray For? Nine out of 10 adults say they pray. The things they pray for most often are; their own families (90%), the world’s children (81%), world peace (77%), and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Tags: Prayer Adoration
Common sense is genius dressed in its ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13
Tags: Thought
The best memory is that which forgets nothing but injuries. Write kindness in marble ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
Tags: Memories
Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:1-10
Tags: Sin General
BURIED TREASURE FOR ISAAC One night, a poor Jewish man named Isaac from Krakel, Poland, in a vivid dream, saw a buried treasure hidden under a particular bridge in the distant city of Prague. For the next two weeks, he dreamed of the particular city, the same bridge, and the buried treasure. The ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
Tags: Blessing
THE STAGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Several years ago I heard someone describe the Christian experience as similar to that of a piano player, and suddenly the commands of the Bible made more sense and seemed less daunting. When a person begins playing piano, do we expect them to play a piece by ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3
Tags: Growth In Christ
BIGGER PERSON One day, two men appeared before a judge to have settled a dispute. One argued that the other had moved the boundary marker by five feet and thereby has taken possession of his land. After listening to both arguments and going through some documents the judge could not determine ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-8
Tags: Boasting, Attitude General
BAREFOOT CHRISTIANS: A PARABLE "I arrived in the city of EVERYWHERE early one morning. It was cold, and there were flurries of snow on the ground. As I stepped from the train to the platform, I noticed that the baggage man and the redcap were warmly attired in heavy coats and gloves, but oddly ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:10-12
Tags: Christian Love
Real Men Wear ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:38
Tags: Evolution, Beards
CORRECT PHILOSOPHY Ravi Zacharias: "A correct philosophy must be logically consistent, empirically adequate and experientially relevant; all answers must individually correspond to reality, all answers must be coherent with each other." A philosophy must address origin, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Tags: Apologetics General
HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58
Tags: Endurance
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