Month: September 2023

  • Old and New

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    International Sunday School Lesson October 8, 2023 Romans 7:1-12 (ESV) Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? [2] For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if…

  • Inward and Outward

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    International Sunday School October 1, 2023 Background  Here are some notes from C.I. Scofield. Romans, the sixth in chronological order of Paul’s Epistles, was written from Corinth during the apostle’s third visit to that city. 2Co 13:1 in A.D. 60. The Epistle has its occasion in the intention of the apostle soon to visit Rome. Naturally, he…

  • Praying for the Kids in New York

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    My heart is heavy thinking about the children going to band camp in New York. They got on that bus without any thoughts of how bad the day would turn out. I am sure they were excited. The parents put them on that bus thinking of how blessed they were to get to experience the…

  • Time is Short

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    I had an old post on Facebook that showed up this morning. It was about a sermon I heard when I worked at the radio station. A friend of mine, Stanley Sneed, preached a great message. I put him on the air every Sunday. He passed away before I left the radio station. We would…

  • Responsibility

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    I was thinking about something while I was studying for the Sunday school lesson this morning. The Sunday School lesson took me to the portion of scripture of Jesus rebuking the Pharisees for not taking care of their parents under the guise works for God. I thought about how sometimes ministers have a tendency to…

  • A New Song

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    I am a firm believer that creativity is an important part of the Christian experience. That is why the Bible tells us to sing a new song. I believe that the creative exercises that we go through in our Christian experience are a form of meditation on spiritual concepts. Even writing this blog post every…

  • Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

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    I had an experience yesterday that I seem to have often these days. I was studying the Sunday School Lesson. The text pointed out that circumcising was not explained to Abraham. It appeared that he knew about it. It also mentioned that one of the pharaohs was actually circumcised. how many times have I had…

  • Aliens are Real

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    We are having a lot of debate on flying saucers. I don’t believe in the type of stories that seem to be going around in the rumor mill. However, I do believe in intelligent celestial beings. The Bible talks about beings that are not human but intelligent. They are otherworldly. I can’t say they account…

  • Jesus Prevents Two Stonings

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    International Sunday School September 24, 2023 Background Jesus Teaching John 8:1-2 (ESV) but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [2] Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. Woman Caught John 8:3-5 (ESV) The scribes and the Pharisees brought…

  • Emotional Swings

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    I have trouble distinguishing between normal emotional swings and spiritual events sometimes. Today is one of those days. I have the blues today. Emotional swings are completely normal. A good night’s sleep and your favorite breakfast does not mean you prayed through about that life-long problem. A stomach bug and noisy neighbors only allowing you…