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Telling the Story: Getting to know Paul
BY DAWN REED To be honest, he really used to get on my nerves. He seemed so bossy and harsh. Every word that proceeded out of his mouth was some kind of instruction or rule or bossy-something. I glossed over his writings, thinking it was probably important, but had no time to delve into all…
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The Pastor’s Pen: All in Perspective
Jack Ward, PastorTomahawk Missionary Baptist Church John Maxwell tells the story of two shoe salesmen who were sent to a remote Island to sell shoes. After arriving, the first salesman called the home office back in Chicago and told them that he would be returning the next day because no one on the Island even…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Every Life Matters
BY JACK WARD Pastor, Tomahawk Missionary Baptist Church A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation—and ethical problem—to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis, the mother has TB, and they already have had four children. The first is blind, the second had died, the third is deaf,…
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Notes from Calvary: Becoming Christian Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son…
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Telling the Story: When we don’t know what to do
BY DAWN REED When Russia began taunting Ukraine a few weeks ago, I was concerned. As days went on and artillery was being assembled against the people of Ukraine, I prayed like the Sons of Zebedee (Luke 9:51-55). I wanted God to bring fire down from heaven to stop the attack. Last Thursday, when Russia…
Category: Devotionals
