Acts 8:26-40 In the 1950’s a new entertainer appeared on the scene.  His name was Elvis Presley.  He had a great voice and he was good looking.  I bought his Christmas album in 1957 for my girlfriend (and now wife of almost 62 years).  The album contained great photos of Elvis when he was filming the motion picture “Jailhouse Rock.”  On this Christmas album he also put some hymns that he had sung in church:  “I Believe,” “Take my Hand,”…..

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Genesis 27:1-40 To be trusted is one of the most important things we have in life.  Being trustworthy means that our spoken word carries great weight in other people’s decisions.  Being trustworthy means we can be counted on to do what we say we will do.  Being trustworthy means we will deal with the financial matters of life in a safe and secure way. The summer I was seventeen, I went to work in a textile mill.  Another young man…..

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Acts 9:22-23     There is a bluebird house in front of my study window.  Almost every year, we have had a pair of bluebirds to choose this house to raise their young.  In late winter, they start looking and visiting the birdhouse, but it takes some time for them to decide that this will be their home.  Then they start to bring in the nesting materials, and sometimes they even take out material that they don’t want in the…..

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Matthew 8:5-13 Most of us try to take authority for ourselves at a very early age.  When one of our granddaughters was just three years old, she was riding with us. When she got out of the car in the parking lot, her grandmother said to her, “Let me hold your hand.”  She said back to her grandmother, “My hold my own hand.”   She put her hands together and walked beside her grandmother.  She had taken on the authority…..

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John 16:16-33 We have many things that are recorded In our book of life.  We write a page each day in the book.  Some of the books of life are very short with few pages.  Other books of life are long and filled with many pages.  The common thing about our book of life is that we all begin with birth and we all will have an obituary dating our death.  Even a long life on this earth is but…..

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Daniel 3:1-30 In this journey of life, most of us will deal with some kind of hard times that will test our faith.  I was five years old when we entered World War II.  Our lives quickly changed.  We had to use ration stamps for many things: gas, sugar, shoes, and no new cars or trucks.  Tires were on the ration list.  Anything that was considered a luxury, such as nylon hose for women, was not to be found much…..

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II Chronicles 7:12-16 Sometime in the year of 1963, I preached my first sermon.  I was still in college and green as grass about what should be in a sermon.  A true Christian sermon comes from the power of God’s word.  The Bible contains God’s word, and even as a very green, unpolished preacher, I would focus the sermon on the power of the words in His Word.  As I prepare this message, it will focus on God’s Word to…..

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Matthew 11:25-30 In our community life we see and know something has changed where we live and work.  It is the death of happiness and laughter.  We see a weary people.  A few years ago, we were visiting in the country of Russia.  I noticed that the older adult’s faces were void of smiles.  They looked down a lot and seldom looked you in the eye.  They were weary people.  Now everywhere I look, I see the same look here.  …..

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Read John 8:1-11 We are living in a violent age that is trying to destroy the real history of our nation.  We see the use of many types of smokescreens to cover the real motives of the actions that are taking place.  People have always used smokescreens to cover their real intent.   In his life and ministry Jesus had to deal with people that were using a person to cover their real motives.  In the scripture lesson we see a…..

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Acts 10:34-43 In our human family with the God given gift of free will we have used free will to lust after the power to replace God.  In the Biblical account of Creation, we see the man and woman that had been given everything soon longed for more power.  They wanted to be equal to the God that had given them life.  In this lust for power they lose Paradise.  God’s judgment is upon our sin but God, with His…..

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