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1Peter 1:3-5 How To Make Sense of It: The Survivor Tree

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Hello Family and a continued Blessed Easter Season to you!!!

What do you do with your Christian faith? Do you wear it on your shirt sleeve? Do you live it out in public? What happens to Christians who live out their Christian ethics and stand on Christ as Lord? How about Christians who are shaky in their convictions?

This is not a modern-day phenomenon. This was happening way back in Peter’s day, and he knew they needed encouragement. They needed to endure, like The Survivor Tree.

Readings for Easter 2: Acts 5:29-42, Psalm 148, 1Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31

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Have a GREAT week in the Lord! I love you guys! Dad

John 20:1-18 Amazing Grace: Mary Magdalene

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Happy and Blessed Easter Resurrection Day!

Easter is here. And in the Christian Church, Easter isn’t over with on Monday. The rest of the unbelieving world “celebrates” Easter for one day, just like Christmas. However, as Christimas lasts 12 day (yes, the 12 Days of Christmas is a real thing), Easter has 40 days. The 40 days of Easter means that Easter is one loooooong Day in the Christian Church.

Readings: Isaiah 25:6-9, 1Corinthians 15:1-11, John 20:1-18

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I love you guys! Have a blessed Easter! Dad

Palm Sunday; Luke 2:4, 11 and Matthew 21:1-11

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Hello Family!

Today is Palm Sunday, which begins the Holiest Week in the Christian Church. The Christian follows Jesus into Jerusalem, through the week to Maundy Thursday (Maundy is Latin for mandate) where He gives us His Body and Blood in His Supper. The Christian follows Jesus to Calvary’s cross where He would suffer the excruciating death reserved for the worst of criminals. Before the celebration of Easter the Christian Church rides on with Jesus, beginning with Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10, Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 21:1-11

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Have a blessed Holy Week! I love you guys! Dad

Romans 8:1 What Controls Your Outlook?

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Hi Fam!

You wake up every day to face a new day. How do you face it? What’s your outlook on life, and what shapes that outlook? What if you were a condemned person waking up every day one step closer to the end; how would that shape your day-to-day dealings? What if you were freed from that; how would that change your day?

The Bible tells us about condemnation, but also about God’s promises.

John 11:1-53 is the Gospel. There’s an alternate, shorter reading I used for the radio program.

Lent 5 Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm, 130, Romans 8:1-11, John 11:1-53

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Romans 5:3-5 When Life’s A Rusty Bucket

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Hello Family!

Does life go swimmingly well for you? Or, are there times when you feel like your life is like a rusty bucket. It corrodes, becomes weaker, rusts, and has holes in it?

Everyone’s life is like a rusty bucket. There’s no escape. We all have to go through sufferings and pain in this world–including the Christian. Is there a purpose for this? Are we alone in our rusty buckets?

Readings for Lent 3: Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 84:1-4, Romans 5:1-8, John 4:5-26

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John 3:1-17 Don’t Stay on the Street. Come on In!

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Hi Fam! Here’s one of my favorite places to visit in St. Louis. It’s the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. Have you been there? It’s amazing, awesome, and breath-taking! You wouldn’t know how beautiful it is on the inside if you remain standing on the street outside. As impressive as it appears from the street, the real beauty is experienced when you walk through the doors.

That’s what Jesus is getting at in John 3 when he speaks with Nicodemus.

What about people today? How many people know Jesus only from the outside?

Readings for Lent 3: Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-8, 13-17; John 3:1-17

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Genesis 3:15, 21 Now The Real Work Begins

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Hello Family!

This is the first Sunday in Lent, which began last Wednesday on Ash Wednesday. The Christian Church around the world uses this time to reflect upon the reason why Jesus was sent to this world in the first place. It’s because of sin–the sin of each and every person, including yours and mine. God could have simply damned everything and everyone, but He didn’t. He did the hard work of suffering and dying for you and for me, and for anyone who would repent.

Psalm 32:6 says, Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to You at a time when you may be found. God gives humans an opportunity, time, and place when He allows Himself to “be found” by His people. God’s not playing hide-and-seek with humanity. He’s ALWAYS available. He WANTS to be found!

The First Sunday in Lent is always about the Temptation of Jesus. Where we fail Jesus succeeded in our place as our substitute. We’re still on a journey through this wilderness called life. We will succumb to temptations, yet God the Father has done the hard word for you.

Readings: Genesis 3:1-21, Psalm 32:1-7, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11

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Transfiguration Sunday; Exodus 24:8-18 Is God Safe?

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Hi Family! I pray all is going well with you!

This is Transfiguration Sunday, which means Lent is about to begin on Ash Wednesday. Lent is the time when the Christian reflects upon his/her sins against God, what God should and could actually do because of them, and Jesus–God’s Messiah and Savior.

Many people have a casual attitude about God, Jesus, and their sins. The Transfiguration readings help the Christian develop a less than casual attitude and obedience toward God.

Readings: Exodus 24:8-18; Psalm 99:1-5; 2Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9

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1Cointhians 3:1-4 Which Leader Do You Follow?

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Hi Fam! There are LOTS of voices and choices in this day and age vying for our lives. Such is the culture of the day. So, who do we follow? Who is YOUR leader? When you’re facing difficult situations and decisions, to what or whom is your allegiance? And, does it really make a difference?

Readings for Epiphany 6: Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37

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1Corinthians 1:18-31 Figuring Out God?

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Hello Family! I hope and pray you’re having a wonderful day!

You might be experiencing what the rest of the world–and country–is going through. There are lots of struggles in peoples’ lives. There are also the “elites” who seem to know what’s best for people. There are power struggles going on internationally as well. And there’s talk of globalist movements toward a New World Order and the Great Reset. It seems that the World Economic Forum (WEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) have a lot of say in this as well.

This is not a political message, but a theological one. God is in charge. These types of things were happening during Paul’s day as well. God has already ushered in His New World Order through the cross and the empty Easter tomb in Jesus Christ!

Readings for Epiphany 4: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1Corinthianns 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12

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