Monthly Archives: August 2014

We Gather Together (Friday)

Which spiritual discipline goes with gather together? Hospitality! Let them gather together in your own home. 2 Peter 4:3 (ESV) Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.   Yep, I grumble about it: The house is a mess. What am I … Continue reading

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We Gather Together (Thursday)

Spurgeon says what I should have figured out all by myself (that happens a lot): Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God’s people. Charles Haddon … Continue reading

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We Gather Together (Wednesday)

  I listen to the news reports, and I think the end of the world is fast approaching. Makes me want to run to my home, close the door and hide.   Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we … Continue reading

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We Gather Together (Tuesday)

I wonder . . . . . . were there people who got on Jesus’ nerves? Other than the Pharisees and religious leaders? Out of the thousands of hangers-on, not even one who constantly interrupted, or one with a whiney … Continue reading

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We Gather Together

  What’s your social calendar look like?     Empty, wanna get together? Overbooked, no time to meet up this week Always have time for friends and family Note the social calendar of the early Christians: Acts 2:42 (NIV) They … Continue reading

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War on Women (Friday)

Our culture says random sex is good and unwanted babies are disposable. Seems to me that abortion hardens the heart and random sex corrodes the soul. This is a subtle war on women’s hearts and souls.   Lord God, preserve their … Continue reading

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War on Women (Thursday)

Galatians 3:26-28 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is … Continue reading

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War on Women? (Wednesday)

  There are those (not me!) who think that Christianity denigrates women. I am intrigued by this quote from Owen Feltham (1602-1668):   “Some are so uncharitable as to think all women bad, and others are so credulous as to … Continue reading

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War on Women? (Tuesday)

  I doubt they’d think of themselves this way, but my grandmother and mother were quiet soldiers in the war for work equality.   Grandma was hired as a full-time department store clerk during World War II. She was told it was … Continue reading

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War on Women?

  It keeps popping up, this supposed “War on Women.” What’s it about?     It’s all about money It’s all about sex It’s all about power As I read the news, this American War on Women pales in comparison … Continue reading

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