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On one occasion while the apostle Paul was preaching, a young man named Eutychus fell asleep. While asleep, he lost his balance and fell to his death from a third story window. However, because Paul was a worker of miracles, this story doesn’t end tragically, but rather triumphantly. The record states that Paul went down and raised …
For those of you who are sports lovers, you may be suffering from a little “March Madness” right about now. For those of you who don’t love sports, as much media attention as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship gets, you too may be suffering from a little “March Madness,” even if for different reasons. Part …
Today was my co-worker’s turn to preach. However, before he ever got up to speak, a little three-year-old girl sitting in the pew in front of me “preached” the first sermon of the day. As the collection plates were being passed around, this little girl was tightly clutching change she was going to sacrifice for the …
“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God” (Deuteronomy 4:24). In spite of this truth, Israel disrespected God. They treated God as though he were muzzled, tamed, or even docile. To Israel, God was manageable and could be manipulated to their own advantage. There was no sense of awe, no reverent fear, and …
From time to time, I write some personal articles on this blog, and this is one of them. This past week was a difficult week for me. I had trouble staying focused on my sermon preparation. I was flat, dry, and stressed because “Sunday’s a comin.” On Saturday night/Sunday morning, I was wide awake at 2:00 …