Ancient History

Hallelujahs

In Psalm 150 there are only two words between Hallelujahs except for once. What Two words would you put between Hallelujahs (Praise God) today? Hallelujah   Forgave me    Hallelujah   Hallelujah   Rescued me   Hallelujah   Depressed Joyful Dark Light Wronged forgave Frustrated patience Love joy Cross Resurrection Jesus Christ God Father Holy Spirit Alone family Misunderstood presence Beginning…

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SELFIE TRIBUTES

On Tuesday February 3, 1970 Cluster, a non-professional leading the morning worship in a small town in Kentucky briefly shared his testimony of faith. Then he invited others there at the student chapel to talk about their own experience as Christians. It was 10 o-clock worship service. The Holy Spirit used that spark to ignite…

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Sin is a hardening agent worse than epoxy

…encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.                                                                                        Hebrews 3:13 So says the Lord. This  hardening is a common experience in the heart of believers, often like an unrecognized heart attack doing damage.  However commonness is not an excuse, it is…

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Praying Like Jesus

This coming Sunday we will take a second look at the record of Jesus great prayer in John 17.  In our first look we discovered a presupposition truth which lead to principled prayer. The presupposition here is that “the glory of God,” that is “the eternal perspective” is what we need. Prayer is the place…

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Missing in Marriage

Missing in Marriage   In the midst of the uproar of celebration and condemnation over the federal legalization of same sex marriage there has been a distinct absence. It is quit natural that this absence should appear. It is absent because of the irresistible reality of design. In many same sex relationships an effort to…

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Gravitation to Repentance

I suspect that the gravitational force of the celebration of Independence Day will pull many congregations. This pull on our attention may be stronger this year when we sing “God shed his grace on thee.”  Stronger perhaps because of the most recent display of our rebellion against God consummating in the Supreme Court rulings of…

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Since the Day…haven't stopped praying

  The above line is from Colossians 1.  As I prayed with a faithful few this morning the Lord struck me with how often and  precisely appropriate this prayer is. Here is the prayer; 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God…

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of a sermon on Psalm 142: 6-7, Sunday Unfinished

Aiming your life at His glory puts you in the path of the Holy Spirit. As our life collides with his purpose, the by-product is heaven, the greatest happiness. Like breathing out before you pull the trigger, the lonely cave is a decisive moment. 6 Listen to my cry,    for I am in desperate need; rescue me…

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