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Showing posts with label Perspective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Perspective. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Thoughts from our trip to Israel #2: Size is relative

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Masada: Looking across to the Dead Sea to the mountains of Moab The Jordan River, we've got two bigger river flowing through Franklin Lo...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Sermon Video: Jesus heals publicly, and prays privately - Mark 1:29-39

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 The healing of one man on the Sabbath brings a vast crowd to see Jesus that evening when the Sabbath ended.  Having spent the evening heali...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

The value of perspective: The American Church is a minority

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Don't underestimate the value of a proper perspective.  Our ability to see the Truth and facts clearly, which exist independent of ou...
Monday, July 30, 2018

Sermon Video: Set your hearts on things above - Colossians 3:1-4

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Having refuted legalism and asceticism as being illegitimate paths to piety for disciples of Jesus Christ, Paul turns his focus upon the app...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

A world without extra food: The not very distant past.

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While reading Tom Holland's The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West , I was struck once more with the re...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Sermon Video: "whom you should fear" - Luke 12:1-9

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Fear is a powerful emotion, it affects many of the decisions we make in life, for both good and ill.  After speaking to the crowd about the ...
Monday, June 1, 2015

Sermon Video: "while we wait for the blessed hope" - Titus 2:13-14

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What impact does the knowledge that a Christian has of how the story ends have upon his or her life?  In Titus 2:13-14, Paul continues with ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The importance of heaven: a life lesson from Everybody Loves Raymond

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In an episode of the excellent sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond , Ray's brother Robert is faced with a moral dilemma because he for once ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Sermon Video, "rejoice that your names are written in heaven" - Luke 10:17-20

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When the seventy-two, sent out by Jesus to prepare the towns and villages for his arrival, return full of joy at their major success, they ...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Is it time for you to take a Sabbatical?

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One of my fellow ministers here in Franklin is leaving today for an extended Sabbatical until after Easter.  The first thought that most of ...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

When you start to whine about your life....

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Yesterday was one of those days that reminds me that my life is pretty good no matter how it may seem from time to time.  A 7th grader at Io...