Ministry of the Word
Category for posts offering reflections and comments on important Bible passages and how a Christian perspective informs a person’s view of current events.
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Originally Proclaimed: 12/02/18 Intro: At this time of year we have all sorts of songs, movies, stories and poems that describe in detail an intruder who figures out a way into our homes only to leave us gifts and then leave having perhaps nibbled on some cookies and drank a good bit of milk. Far
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Originally Proclaimed: 11/18/18 Intro: In mentioning risk and Thanksgiving in the same sentence many of you may be thinking that I am referencing the insurance fact that all across America more home fires occur during this week as families attempt to prepare by smoking, deep frying, baking, or grilling their turkey. That is not my
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Originally Proclaimed 11/11/18 Intro: This week I ran across the story of a veteran named Charles (Charlie) Heinl. At 17 he left his hometown in Ohio to fight in WWII’s Pacific theatre on January 4, 1944. Joining the navy he was assigned to the USS Gambier Bay a small escort carrier. Ten months after his
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Originally Proclaimed 11/04/18 Intro: How many of you have known or have a friend who has pushed you away in the aftermath of their personal crisis? I had a pastor who was my friend at another church setting who did just that. He led the largest Baptist church in town. He had staff and volunteers
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Originally Proclaimed 10/28/18 Intro: Last week we were supposed to begin a series in the Old Testament taking us through the first chapters of Isaiah and highlighting how Isaiah expected and gave us hope for our Messiah. But life as it so often does interrupted. As I began to turn my attention to this message,
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Originally Proclaimed 08/12/18 Intro: Type into your internet explorer the question which is more important, the Destination or the Journey and you will find a number of websites all with instant wisdom on which one is more important. You find quips like this “Destinations are milestones and give direction in life. The journey is life.”
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Originally Proclaimed 08/05/18 Intro: In the fourth grade, my teacher read to us great book each day for around thirty minutes. One of my favorite books she read was a Gary Paulson tale named Hatchet. That book’s overarching story is about a teenage boy having to survive in the Canadian wilderness. But how did he
Let the Shepherd Lead 