by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) To worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness is the hungry heart cry of every true believer. But how to arrive there is the pursuit of a lifetime. As I …
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Thankful Dependence On God For Daily Bread
by Kevin Burton God knows I am thankful. He also knows I’m not thankful enough. My mind is on thanksgiving these days, being truly grateful to God for the things He has given me. Stopping, or at least slowing down, long enough to acknowledge that “every good gift and every perfect gift is …
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Hating The Remedy, Loving The Cure
by Kevin Burton Can my cat put two and two together, connect the dots? This I can never know, of course. But I wonder if at any level she connects her recent trip to the vet and her improved health. This much we know: Gabbie hates being put in a cat carrier, …
The Return Of Sunday Go To Meeting
by Kevin Burton The Burtons have entered the building, the church building. We have been watching church on the big screen of my Macintosh computer in the basement for more than two years now. That was a virus thing of course. We didn’t close our Bibles; we were just trying to stay safe. …
What A Blessing To Be A Child Of God
by Kevin Burton In my moments of despair, my wife will remind me that I am a child of God. But what does that mean? Let’s look at it in two ways today, first by peeling the phrase apart, second by taking it as a whole. What does it mean to be …
Building A Life On The Chief Cornerstone
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Have you ever stopped to consider the amazing list of architectural terms used in scripture? Today I want to talk about building on the foundation of Christ the “Chief Cornerstone.” We, …
Fruit Of The Spirit: Self-Control
by Kevin Burton Self-control is the final Gift of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23. It is potentially the most confusing. This is the ninth and final part of our series. Self-control is an easy enough concept, but the self part could throw us off. The power is not in self. It …
Fruit Of The Spirit: Biblical Gentleness
by Kevin Burton One of the most unfortunate rhymes is meek rhyming with weak. Those two words are much closer to opposites than to synonyms. This is the eighth in a series on the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23. We’re looking at those characteristics that will become more evident in a …
The Bible Is What’s Happening Now
by Kevin Burton The late comedian Flip Wilson had an ongoing gag featuring a hip, fast-talking preacher who strayed for comedic effect, far from a right interpretation of the Bible. His Flip Wilson Show aired Thursday nights on NBC from 1970 to 1974. The recurring preacher segment came from what he called “The …
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