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Fear of rejection is a snare
BY GREG CRUM “The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.” Proverbs 29:25 Here in Proverbs 29:25 we read that the fear of man “bringeth” a snare. If you were to read the ESV it would tell you that this fear “lays a snare.” The
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Presuppositional creationist
A few years ago Ken Ham debated Bill Nye, “the science guy.” Creation vs. Evolution. I admire Ken Ham, the founder of the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. We all ought to go there and support this Biblically accurate work. But my question is: Why bother to debate a non-debatable position? What do I mean
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A debt that I could not pay
Just before Easter, I needed three $10 Starbucks gift cards for my great-nieces. Having already purchased cute cards, I wanted to get them in the mail ASAP. In Food City at the gift card display, I saw Bob from church. We chit-chatted as I searched for the $10 cards, telling him they were for my
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The Gift of Contentment Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. Every man also to
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A happy man
Bob and Stan were good buddies and baseball friends. One day at a ballgame, they made a vow to each other that whichever friend died first, that friend would send a message back to earth to let the other friend know if there was baseball in Heaven. Sure enough, one day, Bob died. After a
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‘Spice of Life’
We call it “Spice of Life,” and it’s a family favorite. Wait. Let me start at the beginning. Way back in the early 1990s, Baptist Student Union teams came to our church at First Baptist, Belfry. It was electric, though that sounds cheesy. High-energy college students invaded the brick-and-mortar of our congregation like never before.
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The Gift of Contentment
BY GREG CRUM “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” I Timothy 6:6-8 So, if you’ve been around me much and had the opportunity to hear me minister on
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Good timing, Lord
Actress Shirley MacLaine, a new-ager, was conducting one of her seminars at the Long Beach Arena teaching people about their own divinity. During the seminar, she had everyone light a candle. They turned off the lights so those candles could be seen shining in the dark. She said, “Just those candles have individual flames. All
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No expiration date
When our daughter comes home, we laugh, reminisce, eat delicious food, laugh more, make fun of each other…And then she tells us everything we have that is past its expiration date. Apparently, my beloved and I only look at the date on the milk. Today, the Doritos and the hamburger buns had expired. A while
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Choose life
There are always those voices who would like to eliminate this matter of decision from Christianity. There is something in human nature that hates to decide “Yes” or “No.” Recently there was a radio announcement that next week was National Procrastinators’ Week. “Actually,” said the announcer, “they were going to hold the celebration this week,
