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A fascinating tale is told of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. The account might be legendary, but it is also wonderfully provocative. The story goes that around 1900 the General was preparing to send his annual Christmas greeting to all his Salvationists serving around the world. Since this had to be done…
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Remember the last time somebody gave you something good? Maybe it was pretty or useful, or perhaps someone did something for you that warmed your heart or made you laugh out loud. How did you respond? No doubt you were thankful. But something far greater happened. You were just given significance. Think about it—when you…
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I found this in an old transcript. It took my breath away… “Nothing can extinguish it. To the end of time it shall be there and shall always manifest itself, and men must never lose heart because of that. All [mankind’s ideas and struggles to create his own utopia] are absolutely worthless—the society in which…
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Jesus was very practical. One day, when the crowds had swelled beyond their ability to hear Him, He climbed into a fishing boat and told the captain, Simon Peter, to put out a little way from shore. As He sat in the boat, He preached and the people listened. When He finished, He turned to…
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At the very end of his life on earth, the apostle Paul solemnly commanded his disciple Timothy, “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season…
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The the slaughter of innocent children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School have fueled much heated discussion, especially about Evil. Where was God? Is He Himself evil? Could He not have done something to stop the killer or protect the children? So I will throw my hat in the ring with an excerpt from…
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If you go to church, remember that you are the church. Here is an eyewitness account by a pagan of what the church was like just after it was born. It didn’t look anything like a modern institution, but it did look like Jesus… “They abstain from all impurity in the hope of the recompense…
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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1, of course…) I am far from knowledgeable about creation science, which means I usually steer away from it in my sermons and bring in a real expert. I also avoid speculations like the “gap theory”, except to say that it is a concoction…
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I am not against politics, though I do not like them. My friend Gayle Erwin recently noted, “If a politician runs on the “Jesus” platform and is not compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in mercy and truth, mercy to thousands, forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin, then I consider them hypocrites and liars. Support them…
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“The proper study of the Christian is the Godhead. The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy which can engage the attention of a child of God is the Name, the Nature, the Person, the Doings, and the Existence of the great God we call “Father”. It is a subject so vast that all…
Jay McCarl 