"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)

"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)

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Idolatry 101

Hi. My name is Jim and I am an idolater. My idols of choice have been me, as evidenced by my pride, selfishness and self-centeredness.  They have at one time or another in my life included the idols of sports and athletics, the idol of money/financial security, the idols of physical comfort and ease, the […]

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Sin – Again?

I continue on this dark, dreaded and scornful topic of sin, not because I find it fascinating or take some perverse delight in doing so, but because I believe that until we begin to comprehend the breadth, length and depth of our sin; how vile and detestable it is in the eyes of God and

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Our Hope for Future Glory

(I am taking a break from the topic of sin, to encourage you with the following.) In a time of non-stop fear mongering and government overreach regarding COVID 19, civil unrest and violent demonstrations, along with mean spirited/divisive political maneuvering, we look to the prophet Isaiah who encourages God’s people with the following: “You will

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Whatever Became of Sin?

Almost 50 years ago, a world-renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Karl Menninger, founder of the famed Menninger Clinic and Menninger Foundation, wrote a book entitled Whatever Became of Sin?  In it he expressed concern that the concept of sin, of moral culpability for our actions to God and neighbor, was being eliminated in an increasingly secularized culture

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Hope Fulfilled

Anna and Simeon lived 2000 years ago as aging members of an oppressed people under the rule of Rome, the most powerful and brutal nation in the world. The world at that time was, as it is today, a broken world; a world where conflict and violence, suffering and death were the norm; a world

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My Hope IS God

The Book of Psalms in the Old Testament served as the songbook or hymnal of God’s people Israel.  The Psalms represent the heart cries of God’s covenant people then as well as today.  They are cries to Him of praise and thanksgiving, cries of exultation in His law, cries for help in time of trouble,

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