Category: Church & Society
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Fourth Sunday of Pentecost-June 14
Meeting A Need-If there is a need in your area and there is no one meeting that need, you may consider organizing a ministry through your church or in your community. The small groups may check to see if there are nearby residents needing lawns cut, snow shoveling of simple repairs. If the group doesn’t…
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After President Bush, we had President Obama who showed us how far from Christian values our nation has drifted. Many younger voters have no church experience and get their values from the secular press. President Obama openly attacked the value of life by promoting abortion, attacked the value of law by pushing to defund the…
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Church and Society-K
In 2001, terrorists struck the twin towers. I believe God allowed that to tell us that He would no longer protect us unless we turned back to Him. It was Rosh Hosanna, the Jewish holiday reminding them of the coming judgement where God would judge men and they blew the trumpets to sound the warning…
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While people tend to become absorbed in the present, they fail to see the long term changes. When I started ministry in 1970, Christian values prevailed in this country. They were taught in the churches which led to them being taught in the schools and on the media, and enforced in our courts. Even most…
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Additional note on Epiphany Feb 18
Building Community– When My wife and I first moved into a trailer park, trailers were still small and very mobile. Few people got to know their neighbors because they were basically bedroom communities where people slept, but they worked and shopped elsewhere. Similar conditions existed in many of the cheaper apartment complexes. In addition, people…
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Sixth Sunday of Epiphany–Feb15
Building Bridges– Today, many neighbors are isolated and do not know each other. In the past, neighborhoods were close knit communities where people worked and shopped nearby and helped each other in times of need. Increasing mobility has separated housing from office and shopping areas and has made even stable neighborhoods into bedroom communities.…
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study course-Reaching the Lost
Jesus told His disciples to go into all the world and preach the Gospel, starting in Jerusalem. Often churches today send out missionaries to far off lands but fail to reach those who live near the church. Many church members tell me they would like to reach those around them but don’t know how. Pastors…
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MAGA-A-C
Our society says it doesn’t matter what you believe but all we have to do is look around us and see the difference between America in the 1950’s and America today. The values of the culture have changed and it has deeply affected our society. The liberal attacks on the value of life, the value…
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MAGA-A-B
When I was young, I was not taught about God but I was taught Christian values because my parents grew up in church. When we had massive medical bills from my illness, the church did not care about us, its only concern was that we pay our tithe so my dad demanded that neither God…