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I'm afraid they will reject me.

Maybe they will ask me something, and I won't know the answer . . .

I won't know what to say.…

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Before we rejoin Peter and John in old Jerusalem, let's finish our look at rucksacks. Most folks know of them from the military, like G.I. Joe Tom (last Morning Briefing-rucksacks--what is and what isn't meant to be in yours? …

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Have you ever determined to be happy 

  or to be positive, 

    to stop worrying . . . 

      to live in a state of gratitude

        or possibly to be…

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Scripture is rich.

Talking with people, near and far, they want to know about the Bible, they want to know more about God, but they have had it with 'the Church'.

Today, we look at all three--the Bible, God and the Church. I am…

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Eureka! When you find it, you know. Why, this is like the Jerusalem church! Anxious to talk more about that great gathering, I must first speak of one verse.

You will remember that when Peter and John went back to their…

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"THESE are the times that try men's souls," Thomas Paine wrote during the American Revolution some 249 years ago.1 But how many times throughout history…

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The book we are reading is called Acts, and this is why.

The lights come up on the set of Acts chapter 3, where we witness two passionate scenes in the temple courts in Jerusalem. The first when the crippled beggar asks for…

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Here is an invitation to Pray BOLDLY!

We have shored up some good and right thinking about trusting God with all of life in the last week,

[…

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The Trust Plan ~ how to trust God more

"I've been listening to your podcast over and over" she wrote.

And another, "I'm drawn to your podcast yesterday: May the God of hope fill me with all joy and peace as I trust in him, so that I may…

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Trust. God. Period.       

No matter what. Is that possible?

It was the end of a powerful conference in Nashville, Tennessee when I first saw him.  Oh, I had seen him and…

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hope is vital for life!

A lot has happened in the last day and a half. I flew to Boston yesterday morning to show my California brother around a bit, and see my boy Danny too--good times. But then, after dinner last night, when I checked into my hotel, I learned that…

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The new ones came,

The old ones came . . .

Seems they couldn't get enough of this thing: it was warm, welcoming, life-giving, stimulating and safe. It was the first Christian church.

While I am seldom interested in movies of…

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There is some uncertainty in the air right now. For instance, I had to run out and get a couple things at Hobby Lobby on Saturday, only to encounter a raucous crowd of anti-Trump protesters on the main road. 'Thought they were only near the capitol,'I…

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Dateline _ Jerusalem.

May I direct your attention back to the Old City? There is much I could say about sirens and warning signs right now, but it is the first century city, busting at its seams, I want you to picture. Remember the devoted followers of Jesus were praying…

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Connectivity and maintaining relationship is vital for life. Loneliness and isolation in our world is at epidemic levels, leading to greater and more disastrous woes. Social media…

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Strength and power.

It is a whole new day for the believer in Jesus Christ . . . the Holy Spirit has come!  Peter, James, John and the rest now understand what Jesus meant when he said,  he [the Holy…

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Today is Pentecost Sunday,

50 days since Jesus Christ defeated death,

and the day that changed everything for Christians. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. 

[last Morning Briefing…