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Month: April 2011

Royalty

Royalty

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 I’m wondering how many of you will be getting up at 4 AM on Friday to view the start of network coverage of the royal wedding live from Westminster Abbey? It is the wedding of the century, you know… The hype is…

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Sacrifice

Sacrifice

“But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had…”‘ Mark 12:44 On a book shelf in my office I have a really cool book called “A Harmony of the Four Gospels.” Now you may be thinking that a ‘gospel harmony’ must be some kind of songbook, maybe for a southern gospel or blue grass quartet. Not exactly… Actually, gospel harmonies have been around for thousands of years. The first one was called the Diatesseron and was compiled in…

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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

Luke 19:30-31 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’ I love Palm Sunday. It’s probably the traditionalist in me, but I love singing songs of celebration, I love the children’s choir and the little children shyly waving palms up and down…

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Our Strong Tower

Our Strong Tower

The LORD is my light and my salvation– whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life– of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 “I’m scared.” We’ve been hearing more of that recently from our 8 year old adopted daughter, Katelyn. There are monsters at bedtime and she’s afraid of bugs and snakes. Snakes? We don’t have snakes. Yes, Justin saw a snake once, but that was 5 years ago and it was a garter snake…

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