Monthly Archives: September 2020

Acts 14:8-20 Where can we turn for evidence that faith in God is the power that changes the kind of life we live, the kind of community we have and the kind of church to which we belong?  In the early days of the church, God called leaders like Paul and Barnabas.  Paul and Barnabas had come under the influence of the cross and Jesus Christ.  It was the cross of Jesus that, in faith, Paul and Barnabas became persons…..

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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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