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Showing posts with label Lies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lies. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Sermon Video: Do Not Give the Devil a Foothold - Ephesians 4:25-28

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As a follow-up to his command that Jesus' followers adopt a new attitude divorced from our former futile thinking when we were apart fro...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Sermon Video: When the sins of God's people harm others - Genesis 20

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In this chapter, Abraham returns to an old ruse, one he used disastrously back in chapter 12 of Genesis.  Like then, Abraham's plan invo...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town" and the dangers of conflation

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  Much has been said about country music singer Jason Aldean's recent song and accompanying music video, "Try That In A Small Town....
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Sermon Video: The Sham Trial of Jesus - Mark 14:53-65

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Sham/Show Trials are a common feature of autocratic governments, but 'free societies' are not immune to them.  The most famous sham ...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

I am a Minister of the Gospel: called, ordained, and entrusted to shepherd the sheep

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I may not look the part yet, but perhaps someday In recent conversations, primarily online, a number of people have 'warned' me agai...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

QAnon's kidnapping and “adrenochroming of children” is just repackaging the medieval antisemitic Blood Libel, the whole movement must be utterly rejected.

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 John 8:44 (NIV)  You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginnin...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Sermon Video: His own did not receive him - John 1:6-11

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  Following his soaring introductory paragraph, John speaks of the precursor of the Light of Mankind, John the Baptist, and his work to prep...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

Sermon Video: Make use of what God has given - Mark 4:21-25

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 In a series of 4 connected sayings, Jesus explains the nature of the world that God created, emphasizing that the Truth is intended to be d...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Why is the Truth treated like a second rate commodity? Life lessons from an ESPN article: Happy 59th! Or is it 58th? Cracking the mystery of Don Mattingly's birthday - by Sam Miller

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Do yourself a favor, read the ESPN article:  Happy 59th! Or is it 58th? Cracking the mystery of Don Mattingly's birthday - by Sam Miller...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Sermon Video: Pity the Christians? - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

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Here's a hypothetical: What if there is no resurrection from the dead (Jesus included)? For Christianity and Christians this is catastr...
Friday, October 18, 2019

The Truth will set you free: the context of a timeless truth

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"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."  (John 8:32)  The Gospel of John contains many memorable phrases,...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

"By What Standard?" - A shameful trailer made by Founders Ministries utilizing the worst political ad tactics

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In the original version of the "By What Standard?" documentary trailer released by Florida based  Founders Ministries  , among ot...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

The Culture War rages on; the Church's role in it is toxic.

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The recently concluded United Methodist Church General Conference 2019 is the latest example in a disturbing trend of the politics and vicio...
Thursday, March 9, 2017

Christians must not advocate falsehoods

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This really shouldn't need to be said, but given the current political climate in America, it has become clear that many people who call...
Friday, September 2, 2016

Sermon Video: Should my word be my bond? - James 5:12

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In all manner of aspects of business, politics, and personal relationships, the world is rife with the deceptions of lying, cheating, and st...