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God's Love

God’s Love Through the Ages

This title is actually a figure of speech that the French call double entendre, or double meaning. We will look at God’s great love throughout the ages, all time. And we will see how He loves us through His Son Jesus Christ throughout the different ages, or seasons, that we live in this earthly life.

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Following the Lord Jesus Christ

The Sermon on the Mount

The Gospel of Matthew shows Jesus as the Messiah, the great King. It begins with John the Baptist preparing the way for him, his baptism with holy spirit, his temptation in the wilderness, and then shows him declaring his kingdom in 4:12—7:29. Much of this declaration is in what is called the “Sermon on the Mount.”

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God's Love

Security, Sustenance, and Enjoyment: God or the Devil?

The entire Bible is a tapestry of truth that shows the basics of life and also the details of how things work. Man has basic needs: security, sustenance, and enjoyment. God provides all three. But the Devil has tricked people into going to him for the basics. This always leaves the seeker hurt, incomplete, and lifeless.

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God's Power

Our Father’s Loving Design: Part 3, Foundational Principles

 

Part 1 in this series on Our Father’s Loving Design gave three vital truths to understanding the world around us.  Part 2  showed that the first chapter of Genesis describes the origin of every science known to man. Now we will get into the details of God’s design all around us.

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God's Power

Our Father’s Loving Design: Part 2, Genesis 1 and True Science

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In Part 1, Our Father’s Loving Design, we saw three vital truths to understanding the world around us: God is good always, all that is in the heavens and the earth reflect His design, and all good things today are through Jesus Christ.

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Our Grand Midwest Tour

Our Grand Midwest Tour: Home

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Driving to the Chicago Midway airport, I reflected on some of the sweet memories of our trip. Here are a few that you can read about in my previous posts.

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Our Grand Midwest Tour

Our Grand Midwest Tour: Grace

Before I share with you this last stop on our tour, I find myself looking back in review of our previous adventures. And I realize that every moment, every wonderful new discovery of the places and people we visited, has been provided to us by the grace of God.

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Our Grand Midwest Tour

Our Grand Midwest Tour: Hospitality

IMG_1187Here’s a mathematical equation for you:

God * (Christ * (Bruce + Carla)) = Given to Hospitality!

If you can recall from your school days algebra, that means that Bruce plus Carla’s welcoming ways are multiplied by God’s love working in Christ in them.

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Our Grand Midwest Tour

Our Grand Midwest Tour: Prosperity

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Fertile Fields of Green and Gold

Driving our rented car from Chicago’s Midway airport where Gene and I were joined by sister Cindy, we watched the scenery around us change from the concrete drab of the city to the waving greens and golds of the farmland. At the first stop in our visit to the homeland of my mother’s mother, we joined up with Christine, a second cousin.

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Marriage & Family

The Bees Are Still in the Rosemary (Our New Home)

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I love our new home. Not only that it is off of “Conqueror Drive,” but that it shows how much my heavenly Father loves me.

Sherry and I got up this morning at 4 a.m. to see a NASA rocket head off for Mars.