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The Pastor’s Pen: Into the Flames
BY JACK WARD Can you imagine what it was like for the church in Smyrna as they watched their beloved and aged pastor burn at the stake? Polycarp was his name. He was a disciple of Jesus’ disciple, the Apostle John. One could tell it immediately because he possessed the same tenderness and compassion as…
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Notes from Calvary: ‘More Than Meets the Eye’ Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,…
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Telling the Story: Reasons to Smile
BY DAWN REED Years ago, in a small town in Poland, we quickly learned that people there did not smile and greet one another. Each morning and evening, our mission team made the trek by foot to the church where we were having Vacation Bible School. Excited to be there, excited to be helping, we…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Are You Confused?
BY JACK WARD Christians believe that Jesus is the only way God has provided for mankind to be saved from the curse of sin. What about those who would say, “There can’t be just one way. That can’t be. What about those who sincerely believe in these other religions? What about them? If I…
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Notes from Calvary: More Than Meets the Eye
BY GREG CRUM “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” II Corinthians 4:18 Being a child in the ‘80s had its perks. Among other things, it was…
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Telling the Story: Taking your medicine
BY DAWN REED A few weeks ago, I missed Wednesday night church because I was sick. I had blisters in my throat and a terrible cough. When my Vietnamese friend heard I was sick, she called to give me advice. My voice squeaked when I answered, but she knew it was me. “Swirl honey around…
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Telling the Story: The only-ness of Noah
DAWN REED Genesis 6:5-6 reveals the state of the world before the flood: “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become…and His heart was filled with pain.” A few verses later, we read of all those living in the whole world, there was one righteous man: Noah. He was blameless among…
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Notes from Calvary: ‘Payday is On the Way’ Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9 There is a harvest coming, a payday if you will, for the people of God. In spite of what it looks like in our current moral economy, or maybe because…
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The Pastor’s Pen: The Faith of Atheism
BY JACK WARD Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Bible does not attempt to explain God, defend God or discover God. The Bible simply states that in the beginning, God was already there. Atheists must conclude that their belief that an accident began creation takes more faith than…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Who Do You Follow?
BY Jack Ward I heard the story of the woman driving through a snowstorm just outside of Denver. She was completely lost and struggling under hazardous weather conditions. She was relieved when she happened upon a snowplow. Since she was lost, she decided to follow the truck and kept as close to the machine as…
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