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Taking Care of Sins
At bedtime, Lillian Holcomb told her two grandsons a Bible story, then asked if they knew what the word “sin” meant. Seven-year-old Keith spoke up: “It’s when you do something bad.” Four-year-old Aaron’s eyes widened. “I know a big sin … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations, Humor
Tagged bedtime, Bible story, confession, forgiveness, illustration, Jesus is the way, John 14:6, Lillian Holcomb, repent, sin
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Uprooted
I just pulled a tree out of the ground with my bare hands. Actually, I just used my thumb and forefinger, since the tree was only a couple of inches tall and maybe two weeks old. It was growing in … Continue reading
Numbers
Once a year my wife and I go to a health fair sponsored by a local hospital. For a nominal fee we get a detailed lab report based on blood samples that we give. We get the results of our … Continue reading
Overcoming a Huge Deficit
I play word games on line with some friends. One friend and I are evenly matched—she wins about half the time and I win the other half. Right now we have a game going in which she is absolutely killing … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditations
Tagged grace, illustration, salvation, sin, words with friends
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Looking Up
It’s so easy to get discouraged, living in a fallen world like we do. Bad things happen to good people. Sin brings suffering into the lives of the innocent as well as the guilty. You don’t have to look far … Continue reading
Getting Close
There was a ship captain who had a regular route from California to Columbia. One day, shortly before leaving for California, some drug dealers sent him a message that offered him $50,000 to take a shipment of drugs to the … Continue reading
Trapped!
I kept hearing strange noises in my office at church yesterday. At first I thought the source was coming from outside the building, but later I became convinced that some living creature had become trapped in the walls of the … Continue reading
Right Direction
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is serious about running footraces and competing in triathlons. He is so devoted to these endeavors that his wife has called it his “second job”. But he still makes mistakes every now and then. He recently … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations, Sports
Tagged 2 Corinthians 7:1, illustration, Jimmie Johnson, mistakes, repentance, sin, triathlon, wrong turn
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