Monthly Archives: June 2018

Philippians 2:12-18 Who paid for our freedom? This week we celebrate the 4th of July.  It is a landmark date that started us on the road to freedom.  That freedom came with a price tag that has been paid by ordinary people ever since July 4th 1776. The price has been paid in many places:  Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Lexington, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Gettysburg, San Juan Hill,  trenches in France, Normandy Beach, Iwo Jima, Saipan, the Battle of the…..

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Acts 6:1-7             How do you resolve your problems?  In today’s scripture lesson Dr. Luke writes that in the early history of the church it had problems.  The church was growing fast as large numbers of people joined the People of the Way.  The problem was between the Greek speaking and Hebrew speaking believers.  The Greek speaking believers complained about the Hebrew speaking believers saying that the Greek speaking widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution. The only…..

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Acts 2:29-41             What words that were spoken to you jolted your life?  ‘You are loved?  You are forgiven?  You will live?  You are my friend?  I believe you?’  Words give new life and power to us.  Words spoken from the heart can inspire us to do things we thought we could not do. In a great naval battle John Paul Jones said to the British, “We have just begun to fight “.  Douglas McArthur said, “I have returned.”, as…..

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