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Bitter or Thankful
It is sad when people in the twilight years of their lives turn bitter. Disappointment may be the result of dreams not realized with slight hope of achieving those goals. Others may become bitter because life today is not like the “good old days.” They remember when there seemed to be less political turmoil, when people filled the churches, when public violence was scarce and freedom more idyllic. Their previous positive energies have now tur...
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The character of God
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill the heaven and the earth? saith the Lord. Jeremiah 23:24 KJV In the days of the prophesy Jeremiah, false prophets abounded (they also abound today) who promised peace and safety. They spoke as if God knew nothing of the national sins of Judah. god challenges them by asking them the question in our text verse. In verse 25, God sayd, “I have heard ...
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What does the future hold?
I’m sure each of us often think of what the future may hold for us. Will we be able to do next month, or next year, what we did or what we are doing now? There is no way anyone can say for sure what will happen tomorrow or next year. “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow” (James 4:14). This verse clearly tells us that we have no idea what will happen tomorrow. “Take no thought for the morrow” (Matt 6:34). Here God tells us not to w...
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Modern idolatry
Most people today would laugh at the idea of idolatry. The Bible tells of people who, because they did not know God, built golden altars and golden idols then bowed before them to worship. However, once they knew about God, they did not change. The idea of doing such a thing in today’s world appears to be preposterous if not amusing. Idol worship came about because mankind could not understand life and needed someone or something to believe i...
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God cries with us
When bad things happen to good people one might ask, “Where was God? How could God allow such a thing to happen?” The slaughter of twenty innocent children and six adult staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, is a case in point. How can anyone begin to bear the pain born by parents, families, colleagues and friends, and the nation as a whole? The news media has given us full coverage of this tragic event ...
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Standard of Authority
In the natural world we fully understand the need for standards in weights, measurements, and time. What a mixed up world if we each set our own standard of what a pound, an inch, or how long an hour should be. Yet the religious world seems to go by just such a hodgepodge of varying standards as to make for total confusion. The bible condemns confusion and division. Jesus himself prayed for unity among his apostles and those who would believe...
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Given Unto Prayer
For my love they are my adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. Psalm 109:4 In this Psalm, David is on the receiving end of personal attacks against his character. He is facing lying words from the tongues of those whom he has loved. They compassed about David and surrounded him with words of hatred. They did all this without a Biblical cause. David had tried to do good to these people, but his reward was evil toward him. No doubt, thi...
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Hidden fears
As day passes into night, lives also pass from life to death. We have a short time on this earth and that is it. During that time we can sit back and watch others make mistakes and still others accomplish great things. We can watch as others find true happiness while others lose their last chance at happiness. Yes, we can sit back and watch all this happen, waiting for the right time to take that bold step into the unknown and when we do, we ...
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Knowing and attaining truth
I often hear it said that the bible is too difficult, if not impossible. to understand. However Jesus said, “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32) How could language come from a more authoritative source and show any clearer meaning than this to establish that the truth is knowable? “Shall know” here is used in a most absolute sense. However this absolute, as does much of the bible, hinges on that little w...
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Where was God?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whiter shall i flee from thy presence? Psalms 139:7 KJV Bro. Chad Johnson A few weeks ago, our nation was shocked by the news of the mass murders that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. There first thing many asked was “Where was God?” Our text verse leads into verses that tell us that God is everywhere. There is nowhere that the presence of God is not present. In Psal...
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In, but not of, this world
Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble (Job 14:1). No matter how old or young you are, one thing is certain, you will soon leave this earth. I am quite old, so take my word for it, life will pass by so quickly that you will be amazed that it is so soon gone. As my grandfather used to say, “life is like a dream and passes quicker than a tale can be told.” Materialism and prideful living in this life will never satisfy ...
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If any man thirst
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any many thirst, let him come unto me and drink. John 7:37 KJV Bro Chad Johnson Oh, what a blessed invitation to sinful man from the lips of the fountain of life. Our text tells us that it was the last day of the great feast. The feast at hand was the Feast of Tabernacles, which had developed into an 80-day feast. On the last day of the feast, a golden pitch...
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Can’t find God?
The search to find God is a part of many lives. Some find a relationship to God through their worshiping communities and are grateful that they can speak of God in a personal way. But others are still on their search. They have imagined God as sometimes portrayed in Sunday school lessons as an old man sitting on a throne in heaven ordering the course of the universe. But astronauts didn’t find a place called heaven or an old man on a throne. ...
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My Pap
(Clarence Hunt 1897-1990) To my way of thinking he was ancient, when I was just a boy of only nine, or maybe ten; but as I think about the years and count the time, I’m now much older than he was then. He was my Pap on my mothers side, and I can still hear his voice if I turn back the page; he really loved to talk, and his advice was often flavored, with a bit of wit and sage. He grew up in a world where the only way to go was by wagons...
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Love Came Down at Christmas
One of the most cherished stories of this season is O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi.” It is the story of young Jim and Della. Newly wed and desperately poor, they nevertheless want to give each other an especially desired gift. Each is willing to sacrifice a particularly prized possession to do so: Jim, the gold watch that belonged to his Father; Della, her glorious cascade of hair. As it turns out, Jim buys Della beautiful combs, pure torto...
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The curse of New Evangelcalism
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which He had done for Israel. Judges 2:10 KJV Bro. Chad Johnson New evangelicalism is a movement of theological compromise that began in the late 1940s and has spread throughout evangelical Christianity. The main teaching and goal of New Evangelicalism was to unite all Christians regar...
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