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A very scary story
BY DAWN REED There were lots of scary things to see on Halloween. Vampires, Ghostface, scary clowns, Michael Myers, and zombies walked the streets as kids raced house to house for sugary stuff sure to cause cavities. We don’t have to watch horror movies or visit a haunted house to be frightened. Life is plenty…
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Jesus: The Son of Man Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?” John 12:34 Throughout the Gospels it is recorded that Jesus referred to himself as the “Son of man.”…
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Keep on praying
In his book “Stories for the Journey,” William White tells of a European seminary professor and his wife, Hans and Enid. During WW2 they escaped to America, where Hans began teaching in a seminary. Students loved this Bible teacher and they enjoyed observing the tender love that Hans and Enid displayed as the couple often…
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Learning from other gens
Jaselle has been giving me tips on lipstick. I don’t ever seem to find the right shade, while hers is always spot on. (She can wear deep red like nobody’s business.) We recently talked about my struggle. I confessed that I have a hard time staying in the lines; she does not. She leaned her…
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Jesus: The Son of Man Part 2
“And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I…
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Man in a hurry
On the Andy Griffith Show episode “Man in a Hurry,” Malcolm Tucker is a wealthy businessman from Charlotte. One Sunday, he has car trouble a couple of miles outside of Mayberry. Malcolm walks the rest of the way to town and meets Andy coming out of Sunday morning worship. Andy offers to assist Malcolm, but…
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Looking back on 45 years
Way back in the 1900s (the 70s, that is), a TV show called “Fantasy Island” was popular. Once a week, a handful of men and women traveled to a tropical isle where Mr. Roarke and Tattoo awaited to make their secret dreams come true. My older sister, a close friend, and I were teenagers at…
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Jesus: The Son of Man
“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his…
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When there is no word of God
Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” A lot of preaching and teaching is being done today about vision. You must have a vision statement. You must have a vision for reaching the lost, for the future, and for reaching the youth. Even…
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Both feet in
Luke 5 tells of a day that changed everything for Simon Peter. He had worked as a fisherman for years. One long night of not catching fish was setting him up for a change. The fishing was not a casual throwing in a line, but a full body workout. It took several men to cast…
