We have been talking about abundance at church. Abundance can’t just mean outer circumstances. We all know about the misery of some wealthy people, suicides in mansions, overdoses by the outwardly beautiful. Some of the most abundant people I have ever known, always having something to give, have been people
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William Carey was a missionary who worked tirelessly as a linguist and established a strong foundation for many Bible translations and educational facilities in India. He is the one who had the motto, “Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” But my favorite quote from William Carey
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January is a good time to take stock and look ahead. I suppose in some way we all want to have a productive year. We want to be sure to “get things done.” But it is important to stop before we start, and ask ourselves what we want to get
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You can’t see the picture when you are inside the frame. Any coming break from the normal routine gives us a chance to step outside the picture of our lives in some way or other. Yesterday our groups spent some time talking about discipline when Paul told Timothy that Paul
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This month we are focusing on the last letter that Paul wrote, according to many scholars–2 Timothy. In it, he gives some hard-nosed instructions to a young man. Among other things, the letter talks about how a person should live. I heard someone say last week, “When I come before
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Change is in the air–you can feel the cooler wind coming after the August heat. Time to decide what we value. In Proverbs, the spirit of Wisdom says, “listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding” (2:1-2). What we treasure
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