Claiming My New Life: “I fought the Law” – Romans 7
Jewish men are like other men – and men often think one size can fit all. They think that duct tape can fix anything. They think that beating on the machine will get it to start… and they believed that the observance of the Law could fix the …
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Claiming My New Life: “Happy Losses” – Romans 7:21- 8:39
Pastor Tim Bond wrote: “Michael Breissen was a new father, and he was not about to let his wife’s first Mother’s Day pass uncelebrated. But she was a nurse, and on that particular Sunday was working at the local hospital, and they weren’t able to celebrate together at …
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Reading the Map: “Breaking up is hard to do” – Genesis 31:14-55
“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” was a song recorded by Neil Sedaka and considered to be his signature song. The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 11, 1962 and made the charts all over the world, sometimes even translated …
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Seven Practical Lessons on Wealth from Proverbs
Greg Leith wrote: “I slipped into his room late one evening as I arrived home from work so that I could give him a goodnight snuggle and a kiss, only to find him wide awake. “Hey Dad, it’s Wednesday!” my 12-year-old said. “Tonight was our …
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Claiming My New Life: “Excuses, Excuses” – Romans 6
We have heard them all week. We get them from employees, and employers, companies that are responsible for some service to us, even our next door neighbor. It seems everyone has an excuse for their misdeed in our modern world. Webster defines an excuse as …
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Reading the Map: “Time to Come Home” – Genesis 30:25-31:13
Tossed about in the world? Beat up by tricksters and scams? Tough family situations and exhausting economic realities have you beat down? Maybe it is time to go back home! Maybe you have walked away from the path God put you on. You saw what …
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Claiming My New Life: “Truth Scan” – Romans 5
Before boarding a recent flight, the metal that was so elegantly placed in my left leg when I broke the ankle in three places a few years ago, set off the alarm on the metal detector. On the wall next to the security area was …
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