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  • Spirit and Flesh

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    International Sunday School Lesson October 22, 2023 Lesson #8 Galatians 3:1-14 (ESV) O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. [2] Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? [3]…

  • The Galatians were Celts

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    Discovered something that I had not known this morning: the Galatians were Celts. That caused me to wonder about Paul using the term of “bewitching” in the epistles. Witchcraft primarily comes from the Druids. Probably has nothing to do with it but it made me stop and think.

  • Works and Faith

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    International Sunday School Lesson October 15, 2023 Fall Quarter #7 Galatians 2:11-21 (ESV) But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. [12] For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the…

  • What to Do in Retirement

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    I retired from secular employment last Friday. I went to work when I was about 13-14 years old. That was back in the days when the rules were easier for hiring minors. Most of my adult life, I have worked a full-time job plus a side-gig. That is in addition to the ministry which I…

  • 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…