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Do Not be Alarmed
Do Not Be Alarmed Mark 16:1-8 What are you missing the most since the Shelter-in-Place order went into effect three weeks ago? I suppose it depends upon your stage in life. Children miss going to school, seeing their friends and teachers. Older youth may not miss...
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The Good News of the End of the World
The Good News of the End of the World Mark 13:1-8, 24-37 What does the future hold for us? This question has been on all our minds. How long will the pandemic last? How many people will be infected and die from the virus? Will our own Jackson-metro area become a...
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Praying the Lord’s Prayer During the Pandemic
For the Facing of this Hour There have been a lot of posts on Facebook asking people to pray the Lord’s Prayer. It is most appropriate in this time of trouble. The Lord’s Prayer is a misnomer in some respects. It is actually the Disciples’ Prayer. Jesus gave it to the...
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For the Facing of this Hours
For the Facing of This Hour The pandemic we are facing as a planet has been likened to an invading army. President Trump has likened himself to a wartime President and has set the nation on a war footing. All the resources of federal, state, and local governments are...
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The Word of God Written
The Word of God 2 Timothy 3:16-17 The word of God. The Word of God? The Word of God! The tone and body language we use when we utter this phrase reveals how we understand it: with indifference, credulity, or confidence. What do we as Christians mean when we say, “the...
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Truly Human
Truly Human Hebrews 2:14-18 What if God was one of us? Why would it be important for God to become human? These are questions that Christians have contemplated through the centuries. We forget that the first three centuries of the Christian era were consumed by...
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Who’s Perfect?
Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly? Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed. It is apparent that we are in trouble! God demands perfect obedience to His revealed will,...
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What does His law require?
What does the law of God require? This is an important question. We want to be wise, knowing what the will of the Lord is. We want to conform our lives to the revealed will of God. Where do we start? There are 613 commandments in the Old Testament and 1050...
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Catechism
We are currently studying the New City Catechism. It is a modern catechism that asks and answers fifty-two questions, one for each week of the year. Catechisms have a long history in Presbyterianism. At one time, they were the core curriculum of Christian Education....