“One thing I love about this time of year is the classic Christmas specials on TV. I was so bummed that I missed “A Charlie Brown Christmas” this past week! It is my favorite. I love all of them. One in particular that stands out as I think about this morning’s...
Happy almost Thanksgiving everyone. One Thanksgiving season a family was seated around their table, looking at the annual holiday bird. From the oldest to the youngest, they were to express their praise. When they came to the 5-year-old in the family, he began by...
I am so happy for these who have been baptized. They have received a new identity. Their baptism depicts this morning that they are part of the Family of God. People don’t get into the baptistery unless they are professing that they have accepted a new identity in...
Matthew 4:23-24 “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various...
Hebrews 12:1-3 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Philippians 3:12-16 Not that I have...
Silent Prayer Mission: The act or an instance of sending. Christians can never argue that we are on a mission as the result of being sent by Jesus Himself. He commanded us to “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all people and to baptize them in the...
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