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Come Lord Jesus Come

FIRST READING MICAH 5:2-5A / GOSPEL LUKE 1:39-45 (46-55)  The city of Bethlehem – the City of David – was then and is now a scrappy little city known for two things in its long history: The city where King … Continue reading

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The Claim of The Holy Spirit

FIRST READING ACTS 3:12-19 /  Luke 24:36-49  The beginning of our passage really is rather humorous the way Peter addresses the people that have just witnessed him healing a beggar in the street. “Hey! You Israelites! Why do you wonder … Continue reading

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Jesus, The Anti-Venom of God

FIRST READING NUMBERS 21:4-9 / GOSPEL JOHN 3:14-21  I’m going to be honest with you. Snakes scare the bejeezy out of me – and then some. Not only am I sacred of snakes, I just don’t like them in general. Slithering … Continue reading

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The Secret Places

FIRST READING 1 SAMUEL 3:1-10 (11-20) / GOSPEL JOHN 1:43-51  Eli clearly had made some mistakes in life . . . But you have to give him one thing: The man was honest. Honest about who he was and who … Continue reading

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No Time For Jesus

FIRST READING GENESIS 1:1-5 / SECOND READING ACTS 19:1-7 It’s all kind of crazy isn’t it? I mean life . . . The fact that we live on this big rocky, sandy, mountainous, yet desert like, water covered planet with its … Continue reading

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The Smallest Beginnings

 2 SAMUEL 7:1-11, 16 / GOSPEL LUKE 1:26-38 I am always amazed with what God does with our smallest efforts . . . How every amazing and wondrous accomplishment by God (and what he is able to do through us) almost … Continue reading

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Image Is Everything

Remember the old commercial with Tennis Star Andre Agassi that featured the key line “Image is everything?” It was a big hit for both Canon Cameras and Agassi at the time. The implication for the camera they were selling was … Continue reading

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Ready For Prime Time?

FIRST READING EXODUS 32:1-14 /  GOSPEL MATTHEW 22:1-14 The Hebrews were positively sure they were ready for God’s “prime time!” Standing down there in the valley and looking up at Mt Sinai with all of the lightning and thunder and … Continue reading

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Some Mighty Strange Ways

FIRST READING GENESIS 45:1-15 / SECOND READING: ROMANS 11 God has some mighty strange ways of getting us and those whom we love where we need to be. Strange to US of course – but clearly not so strange to … Continue reading

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How It’s Done

FIRST READING GENESIS 29:15-28 / GOSPEL MATTHEW 13:31-33, 44-52 The adventures of Jacob continue as our intrepid man (having received the amazing promise of God that he and his offspring would pretty much inherit the world and that God would be … Continue reading

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