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Category Archives: Priorities
Loving Loyalty
Society is filled with self-centered people. It always has been, to one degree or another. It is all about them. They are only your friends or close family members, so long as they see a direct benefit to them. The … Continue reading
Posted in Chruch, Endurance, Family, Fellowship, friends, Love, Marriage, Priorities
Tagged Andrei Shleifer, baby boomers and church, brethren/local church, church shopping, Cicero, Cicero On the good life, Doug Bernheim, elisha hoffman, fair weaher friends, four areas of growth, frances havergal, friends/Family, husband/wife, ineritance, john hobbs, Johnson Oatman, Larry Summers, Levitt and Dubner, love, loyalty, News Week, parent/child, retirment homes, self-centered, Singapore, song I will be a friend to Jesus, song to Christ e true, song true hearted whole hearted, stephen dubner, super freakonomics, The Compelling Power of The Cross, visiting elderly parents, Wade Roof
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Don’t Be A Ring-tailed Monkey
The Zulu people of Southern Africa have an effective way to catch the ring-tailed monkey. “Their trap is nothing more than a melon growing on a vine. The seeds of this melon are the favorite of the monkey. Knowing this, … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Nature, Priorities, Repentance, Temptation
Tagged 1 corinthians 15:33, 1 Peter 2:12, africa, anger, colossians 3:8, ephesians 5:31, evil company, family, hatred, john 12:42-43, lust. pride, material possessions, matthew 10:37, matthew 10:38-39, matthew 19:21-22, matthew 5:29-30, monkey, physical life, praise of men, proverbs 13:20, proverbs 16:18, ring tail monkey, sinful lust, southern africa, temptation, zulu
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Mercy Series: I Desire Mercy
“I desire mercy and not sacrifice and knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6). Do not misunderstand. God required animal sacrifices and burnt offerings under the Mosaic Dispensation and the Patriarchal Dispensation (e.g. Genesis 4:4; 8:20-21; 22:1-14; Exodus … Continue reading
Posted in Fellowship, Mercy, Priorities, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Timothy 1:16-18, animal sacrifices, be merciful, benevolence, burnt offerings, fellowship, homer hailey, Hosea 6:6, I desire knowledge of God more than burnt offerings, I desire mercy not sacrifice, kindness, many turned from paul, Matthew 12:1-8, not ashamed, not ashamed of chains, onesiphorus, onesiphorus ministers to paul, onesiphorus refreshes paul, onesiphorus sought out paul, paul's chains, persecution
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Sixteen Things About Jesus
It is easy to advise one to consider in decision-making W.W.J.D.. However, such is beneficial only if one truly knows how Jesus lived. Too many do not. The book of Mark contains sixteen chapters. Let’s consider one snapshot of Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Example, Forgiveness, Humility, Jesus, Prayer, Priorities, Textual study
Tagged all things done well, be not afraid, be of good cheer, donkey v. horse, family v. brethren, gain whole world and lose soul, go home and tell your friends, greatness through service, have you not read, Jesus, johnny ramsey, man determined to do the father's will, man of comfort, man of compassion, man of forgiveness, man of grace and mercy, man of impartiality, man of logic, man of perfection, man of power, man of prayer, man of proper values, man of rebuke, man of vigilance, man who allowed himself to be bound, man who knew the scriptues, man who praticed service, man who rode a donkey, man who taught service, not my will but your will be done, overview of the book of Mark, partiality, sixteen things about Jesus, the great commission, watch and pray, what would Jesus do?, who are my mother and brothers, why eat with sinners, WWJD, you are greatly mistaken, you are mistaken not knowing the scriptures or the power of God, you do err
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The Man, The Boy, The Donkey
Once upon a time there was a man, a boy (the man’s son), and a donkey. The three were headed to the market. They had not gone far before they met a farmer. He said, “You are very foolish to … Continue reading
Voting
Some church members have been duped into believing that Christian principles should be checked at the door of the voting booth. (1) Some have been told that the First Amendment requires this. It does no such thing. All the First … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Ethics, Government, History, Homosexuality, Priorities, Stats, stewardship
Tagged 1 Peter 1:17, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 8:1-3, 1 Timothy 3:10, 1 Timothy 3:6, 2 Chronicles 19:6-7, 2 Chronicles 9:6-7, 2 kings 14:234-29, Abortion, Abraham Lincoln, Acts 10:34-35, Acts 26:11, Amos 5:12, article 6 sec. 3, atheism, ballot stronger than bullet, benito mussolini, brides, care for poor, care for weak, care of creation, character, chief justice story, civics, david's desire for solomon, desire for truth, Deuteronomy 16:18-19, Deuteronomy 16:19, discerning truth, dr. sterling lacy, Ecclesiastes 8:11, econpmy, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:6-7, fear God, first amendment, george mason, george washington, gifts, government, house judicial committee 1853-1854, Isaiah 10:1-2, Isaiah 33:14-15, Isaiah 5:23, isalm, james garfield, james iredell, james madison, Jeroboam II, john jay, john quincy adams, joseph story, judaism, judges, justice, lawmakers, legislating morality, Leviticus 19:15, marriage, Matthew 7:12, party loyalty or Christian principles, political parties, polygamy, Poverbs 16:13, Priverbs 16:18, Probers 17:23, Proverbs 14:34, Proverbs 20:26, Proverbs 20:8, Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 27:5, Proverbs 29:12, Proverbs 29:4, Proverbs 31:9, Psalm 101:8, Psalm 72, Psalm 82, punish criminals, punishment of wicked, racism, Rehoboam, religious tests, respect for God, respect of persons, Revelation 20:12, richard dobbs, richard dobbs spaight, richard spaight, roe v wade numbers, roe v. wade, Romans 13:1-4, sanctity of life, senate judiciary, separation church and state, stats, stewardship, supreme court, sycophants, taxes, Tennessee constitution, the economy stupid, thomas jefferson, traditional home, use of animals, use of land, use of plants, value of life, voting
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The Weather: Everyone’s Talking About It!
People in every age, I suppose, have been interested in weather. Mark Twain once observed, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Donald DeYoung has written, “People talk about the weather more than any other topic, … Continue reading
Posted in Priorities, Textual study, Weather
Tagged heat cold, Luke 12, Matthew 16, priority, rain, snow, weather, wind
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