To help folks get through this unprecedented pandemic and all that comes with it – lockdowns, quarantines, loss of income, sickness and death – I’ve turned “Mid-Week with Christ” into a twice-weekly podcast. Listen below, or follow Mid-Week with Christ…
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The novel coronavirus that came out of China in December is now sweeping across the globe, upending our lives in so many unexpected ways. For Christians, it has meant distancing ourselves from each other and even suspending physical church services.…
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Some Things Do Last Forever 2 Cor. 4:16-5:1 So does nothing last forever? It sometimes seems like nothing does. Favorite stores disappear, products we’ve always loved are taken off the market, TV shows end, and relationships come to a close.…
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Extending Grace 2 Cor. 4:13-4:15 There’s a proverb that says “Those who can do, and those who can’t teach.” I’ve never found that to be true. The best teachers are the ones who understand a subject better than most others.…
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Honor the One who Forgives Sin Psalm 130 I remember you. I remember that your body was broken. I remember that your blood was spilt. And I remember that you didn’t have to do it. – The Tenth Song, Adam Again…
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Then It All Fell Apart Genesis 3:8-15 “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned” – The Second Coming, William Butler…
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The Love of One Lifted Up John 3:13-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” Those words, from John 3:16, may be some of the best known in the Bible. If asked to…
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Where Did You Come From? John 3:1-8 The study of genealogy is being taken up by more and more people. My sister-in-law, for example, really enjoys tramping through cemeteries looking for long lost relatives. I have an aunt who’s interested…
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What Should I Preach? Acts 2:22-36 One of my preaching professors completed his Ph.D. at a large, southern US baptist seminary. During one seminar his classmates were discussing what they would preach on Sunday. Many were unsure where to go next, having…
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The Voice of the Lord Psalm 29 What exactly is this psalm about? Certainly it urges us to praise the Lord for a number of great and mighty works, but what exactly are the events being described here? When was…
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