Advent: A Thrill of Hope
My favorite Christmas carol, “O Holy Night,” has a lyric that always seems to resonate with me, and I have a feeling that many of you might need to hear […]
Category: Devotional
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From Passover to the Lord’s Supper
Thursday night of the week between Palm Sunday and Easter is traditionally considered the night that Jesus was betrayed. Before he retreated to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray and […]
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Don’t Stop Praying
I thought it would be very appropriate for the days in which we live, all the uncertainty, all the madness and craziness in our lives and in our world, that […]
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Where Is Your Heart While At Church…
A while back I had a church member come up to me after church one Sunday morning, “Pastor doesn’t it bother you that _______ and ________ and _______ and _____ […]
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8th Corona Letter
It was August 6, 1945 as the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, approached Hiroshima, Japan. In its payload was “Littleboy” the first atomic bomb ever to be dropped in war time. […]
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7th Corona Letter
Though I am not a Roman Catholic, many years ago I found great encouragement in an unlikely place. I was intrigued by a book by author Calvin Miller called The […]
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6th Corona Letter
Years ago, I sat under the leadership of pastor Ed Johnson at First Baptist Church of Ocala. One Sunday morning he said something that I have never forgotten, even though […]
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5th Corona Letter
We are not alone… And no, I’m not talking about life on other planets. I’m talking about the fact that in times like this it is very easy to develop […]
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4th Corona Letter
Imagine this for a moment: Dearest Corona, I thank you for your correspondence, it is always so delightful to hear from such a dedicated agent to the work of our […]
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3rd Corona Letter
I don’t know about other Christians, but I am tired of the Church, the Bride of Christ being looked at as weak, impotent, insignificant and without purpose in this world […]