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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Intro: Details. When we think about them, there is a general dislike for them. In fact we have come to prefer the little phrase, “the devil is in the details” as opposed to its much earlier cousin, “God is in the details”. The earlier phrase was intended to express the reality that God cares about
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Originally Preached 02/11/18 Intro: Friday evening, our family watched the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang South Korea. After the Korean conflict when the nation was divided at the 38th parallel, and the DMZ was established, few would have thought that either Korea would be chosen as a host site for the Olympics.
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Originally Preached 02/04/18 Intro: Recently, the television show Worst Cooks in America came onto my radar. The show takes a group of the self-proclaimed worst cooks in America and over a number of weeks, through cooking demonstrations and competitions attempts to have two master chefs transform these cooks. Caroline likes to watch all kinds of
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Originally Preached 07/02/17 Intro: The ink was still drying on the Declaration of Independence as General Washington and the Continental Army entered into battle with the British in August of 1776. The British had developed a superior battle plan trapping Washington and all of the 8000 Continental troops on Brooklyn Height, New York. Should they
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Intro: Just a few weeks ago a group of university students at Notre Dame University made headlines as they staged a walk out to their graduation ceremony during the address of the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. Around 100 graduates out of 3171 chose to walk out of the graduation ceremony in
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Intro: One of the most striking parts of the SBC Annual meeting that we attended was the commissioning service for IMB missionaries. Since the IMB has come to the point where they can increase the number of missionaries we saw around twenty individuals be set apart for service on the mission field. As each of
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Intro: Today we begin a brief series of messages that I pray will help us to see the Savior with new eyes during this Christmas season. Think with me for just a moment of the excitement when you discovered that you or a close family member was expecting a baby. One of the first questions
Let the Shepherd Lead 