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I’M LOST! Barb and I took a mini-vacation to Flagstaff, AZ this week. Flagstaff is beautiful and much cooler than where we live in Florence, AZ. The elevation of Flagstaff is almost 7,000 feet. Today (August 6) I decided to go for a “little stroll” and enjoy the mild temps and breeze. However, that “little …
Last week we visited the Saguaro National Park in Arizona. Saguaro’s only grow in Arizona and New Mexico. While visiting there I saw a poster that contained “Advice from a Saguaro.” It read… Stand Tall Reach for the sky Be patient in dry spells Conserve your resources Think long term Wait for your time to …
Read 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 We are living in the age of the Laodicean church (Revelation 3:14-22). Laodicea means “people’s rights.” There has never been a time in America’s history that people are “rioting” in the streets demanding their “so-called” rights. Americans are willing to suffer almost anything except the infringement of their “rights.” If we don’t get exactly …
“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” —Psalm 34:8 The liberal theologian Paul Tillich gave a series of lectures at the University of Chicago trying to prove Christ did not raise from the grave. At the end of his lecture he asked if …
O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof (2 Kings 4:40) 2 Kings is a story about a pot of stew that was prepared with good intentions, but was inedible. The sons of the prophets were hungry, so they began to seethe a pot of stew. …
PDF FULL MESSAGE Seeking an Answer to an Age Old Problem EXERPT The account of the good Samaritan is a story about Jewish prejudice. After Jesus states the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself, a lawyer asks, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answers by recounting the story of the “good Samaritan” (Luke 10:30-35). Jesus then asks, “Which now …