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  • Expectant Mothers’ Faith

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    International Sunday School Lesson December 24, 2023 Winter Quarter #4 Luke 1:36-45 ESV And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. (37) For nothing will be impossible with God.” (38) And Mary said, “Behold, I am the…

  • People are More than What You See

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    Everyone my age has spent some time watching The Beverly Hillbillies. We all laughed at Jethro Bodine childishly stumbling through math. However, the actor, Max Baer Jr., had a very firm grip on math. He wrote and produced Macon County Line in 1974. He spent $100,000 to produce it and it grossed 25 million at…

  • The Family of Faith

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    International Sunday School Lesson December 17, 2023 Winter Quarter #3 Matthew 1:1-17 ESV The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (2) Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, (3) and Judah the…

  • The Faith of David

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    International Sunday School Lesson December 10, 2023 Winter #2 1 Samuel 17:31-37 ESV When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. (32) And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” (33)…

  • The Faith of Ruth

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    Ruth 1:6-18 ESV Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. (7) So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on…

  • Great Quote

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    God has one to preach and one to rock babies and another to get up in the night and give them milk, another to write about them, another to send money and another to work in the shop and earn money to send. Lillian Thrasher

  • Freedom to Edify

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    International Sunday School Lesson November 26, 2023 Fall #13 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 ESV “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. (24) Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. (25) Eat whatever is sold in the meat…

  • King James Version

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    Well, I have went back and forth on which version of the Bible that I use in my ministry. I am going back to the King James Version because it is the version that I know. I am not getting into any debates on subjects I know virtually nothing about — Greek grammar and textual…

  • Freedom from the World

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    International Sunday School Lesson November 19, 2023 Colossians 2:16-23 ESV Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. (17) These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. (18) Let…

  • Gabriel’s Oboe

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    I have the most visceral reaction to that music. I choke up and tears well in my eyes. I am sure it is because of the movie, “The Mission.” I think everyone in the ministry needs to watch that movie. It highlights the purpose of the Gospel and the easy out can be misused. We…