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A Prayer for the Unity of the Tribes of the Church
they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?” (Judges 21:3 ESV) Oh Father, as the tribe of Benjamin in Judges 20 and...
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Entrusted with God’s Truth to Extend God’s Grace (2 Timothy 2:1-2)—An...
An inauguration is not a coronation. An inauguration is a consecration—a setting apart for the purposes of God. This service is a consecration of our institution, our vision and values, and a...
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Inaugural Prayer for 9/14/2012
The Rev. Robert E. Baxter stands second to end on the right, with his distinctive Presbyterian preaching bands. The Reverend Robert E. Baxter is the most noble man of God that I have ever known in my...
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Delighting in the Law?
“I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart” (Psalms 40:8 ESV). I read the passage this morning and then began to move from Psalms to the Old Testament reading, and then to the...
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In the Fullness of Time and the Wonder of Christmas (Galatians 4:4)—The First...
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law” (Galatians 4:4 ESV). Is there anything more remarkably beautiful than seeing the glistening eyes of...
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Christ: His Life Our Supreme Goal
I took our daily devotions tonight from the reflections of F.B. Meyer and his preaching of the centrality of our Savior in a true religion: “Christ is the all and all in–all of our holy religion…not...
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“Do You Get the Picture?”—Classic Christmas Films through the Lens of...
The greatest stories are stories that show in some way the drama of Creation, Fall and Redemption.The greatest stories are stories that show in some way the drama of Creation, Fall and Redemption Such...
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“Rend the Heavens and Come Down!” My Burden to Pray for Revival in 2013—Part 2
I don’t have any institutional mantra to offer for the new year. I don’t have any new program or corporate vision statement that I want everyone to sign on to for 2013. What I do have is a burden that...
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Recalling Glory to Recover Obedience
Holy remembrance of God’s grace and sovereign dealings with us yesterday, works grateful obedience to His Law today. Thus, the Lord God taught Israel to recall His glory in the wilderness, so to...
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A Call To Repent And Believe In Jesus Christ
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord (Acts 3.19) Not too long ago I saw a bumper sticker that announced, “Jesus is the...
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Journey of a Lifetime: How New Disciples of Jesus Grow
Have you trusted in the resurrected and living Christ?[1] Then God has revealed to you that according to His Word, the Holy Scriptures,[2] your faith is a gift of God,[3] not earned or deserved, and...
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How to Depend on God—David’s Hope and Ours from Psalm 25:4
When I have faced trials in my life, loving fellow believers have come alongside of me, often whispering Biblical encouragement: “Just depend on God,” But how does one depend on God? There is an...
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Old Spice, Hai Karaté and the Aroma of God
Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire. Exodus 29.18 For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are...
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I Believe
“In a world where where war has been banished…” Singing to the power of the Holy Spirit moving across the thirsty souls of those who look with tearful eyes through the rising tower of smoke and ashes...
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“In Jesus Name I Pray:” Exclusivity In Public Prayer and The Restrictive...
English: Bureau of Engraving and Printing engraved vignette of Robert W. Weir’s painting Embarkation of the Pilgrims. Engraving by W.W. Rice. Scanned from an original impression, part of a Treasury...
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The Light of the World
Bodie Island Lighthouse, North Carolina “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’” (John 8:12)....
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The Self-evident, Incorrigible, Sensible Fig: Proper Basic Beliefs in Action
When you taste a ripened fig from a fig tree in the summer—it is winter as I write, so I am dreaming of summer foods, even as I sip on hot chocolate—, if you are like me, you experience pure joy. The...
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Percy on Søren Kierkegaard’s “One Thing”
Walker Percy, May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990. For until this moment he had lived in a state of pure possibility, not knowing what sort of man he was or what he must do, and supposing therefore that he...
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Little Girl Arise! How Jesus Ministers to Women Today
V. Van Gogh, 1883; The Hague, Netherlands; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Mark 5.22-43 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” Mother’s...
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