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Blessing or curse
BY PASTOR JACK WARD Genesis 12:1-3: “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
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A faithful church member
BY PASTOR JACK WARD This is an alleged New Year’s letter written from a church member to the pastor. Dear Pastor: You often stress attendance at worship as being very important for a Christian, but I think a person has a right to miss now and then. I think every person ought to be excused
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The true Christ of Christmas
BY PASTOR JACK WARD “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” John 1:5 A person without Jesus is not only spiritually dead, he is also spiritually darkened. Jesus said in John 8:12: “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who
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Faithfulness
BY PASTOR JACK WARD Faithfulness is a dirty word among people today. Standing up for what you believe and being faithful to a cause is almost unheard of today especially among God’s people. Half-hearted effort and lack of interest plagues our society and even our churches today. During the 1995 college football season, 6-foot-2-inch, 280-pound
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Blessing or curse
BY PASTOR JACK WARD Genesis 12:1-3: “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
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Do not take no for an answer
BY PASTOR JACK WARD A story came across the wires from Reuters about a family of ducklings that fell down a sewer grate in Vancouver. Their mother did what any parent would do: She got help from a passing police officer. The mother duck grabbed the police officer by the pant leg while he was
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The Pastor’s Pen: With Heart and Hands and Voices
BY JACK WARD Phil 4:6: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.“ 1 Th 5:18: “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Martin Rinkert was a minister in the small town of Eilenburg, Germany,
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Who is on the Lord’s side?
When you look at the book of Daniel you will see that a revised or revived Roman empire is going to come to power according to Daniel chapters 2 and 7. The revived Roman Empire will emerge from that infrastructure known as the European Union. The revived Roman Empire is a little different from the
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Dare to be a Daniel
Daniel 1:8: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” In the article “unChristian,” David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, discusses
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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
