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Grace

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Grace is a greatly misunderstood word in our culture. Our culture builds worth on talent, education achievement and wealth. We teach people to look deep inside and find something of value and then they can be accepted. We operate on rules, conditional love, beauty, performance, material possessions and we place these things as worth while. […]

Rise up My Love

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“Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.” Song of Solomon 2:10 Lo, I hear the voice of my Beloved! He speaks to me! Fair weather is smiling upon the face of the earth, and he would not have me spiritually asleep while nature is all around me awaking from her winter’s rest. […]

Fruits of Repentence

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FRUITS OF REPENTANCE By Christine Cunningham Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. ~ Hebrews 7:25 READING: Luke 3:8-14 John the Baptist told the crowds to bear fruits of repentance. They asked, “What shall we do?” He told rich people to give to the […]

The Importance of the Little Things

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You probably wouldn’t see him doing so, but he’s faithfully hanging the church sign every Friday night and taking it down every Sunday. You probably wouldn’t see her doing so, but she’s faithfully coordinating with others to ensure that there will be enough food at church gatherings. You probably wouldn’t see them doing so, but […]

Continually Washed by the Gospel

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Right after you were born, the blood and vernix on your body was washed off by a nurse or even your mom or dad. Have you taken a bath or shower since the day you were born? Of course you have. Our bodies continually become dirtied, requiring new cleansing. It is the same way with […]

He Has Been With Jesus

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And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is his living biography, written out in the words and actions of his people. If we were […]

The Blindness of Self-Righteousness

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The Blindness of Self-Righteousness . . . If we compare what we ought to be and could be with what we are, and we don’t see that we are in a rut and we are not concerned, then one of three things may be wrong. First, we may not be converted at all. . . […]

Just Water Tonight

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Psalm 121 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forever more. She came to me with that look in her two-year-old eyes, the one that could convince her daddy to do just about anything. She help up her little cup and gently […]

A New Year Message From Pastor Tim Campbell

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Blessings and God’s Love to You in this New Year I was reminded of a story from the book, A SAVIOR FOR ALL SEASONS by William Barker, who wrote of a story of a bishop from the east coast. His mission was to visit a small college and stay at the home of the college […]