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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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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
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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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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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How does God save—by faith or facts?
Many atheists will ask this question to cast doubt on God and the Bible: “If God is real why doesn’t He heal amputees? Why is there no healing of an amputee in the Bible?” Well there is one instance of an amputee being healed in the Bible. Luke 21:50-51: “And one of them smote the
