Category: Integrity
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Going live!
Marti’s call to Go Live! See below for today’s Catch Gently spoken and of the Clark Kent school of mild manners, John doesn’t fit the finger-pointing, ranting Jeremiah mold, but he doesn’t pull any punches either. It’s only because he points a finger first at himself that he can catch others in the act seconds before they…
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Find new strength
I fell for one of those internet schemes the other day. You know the ones that sucker you into a 20-minute video where some doctor in a lab coat is revealing the secret to his new-found energy at 75? It started out with something like, “Three simple things you can do for five minutes a…
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‘Awake thou that sleepest’
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ephesians 5:14 (King James Version – that’s all they had in 1958) [A summary of the first few chapters of Saint Ben …] It’s a bright Sunday in March, 1958, when the new pastor, Jeffery T. Beamering and…
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Rebel Jesus
They call him by the “Prince Of Peace” And they call him by “The Savior” And they pray to him upon the sea And in every bold endeavor And they fill his churches with their pride and gold As their faith in him increases But they’ve turned the nature that I worship in From a…
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The disarming nature of good
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. “But if your enemy…
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The justice of the Creator to His creatures
In honor of Presidents’ Day, I thought I would share a quote from one of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, that might speak into the place we find ourselves today in this country. While searching, I found out that the principles drawn from the word of God were always relevant to today, only because they…
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Doing the right thing
It seems like Chandler and I spent the better part of this long Thanksgiving weekend — at least Sunday bleeding into yesterday — switching cell phone carriers. We got what we wanted but not without a few headaches in the process. I do not have a technological bone in my body. Just teach me the…