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by Kevin Burton Not sure when I first heard the Biblical phrase “fearfully and wonderfully made,” though it has stuck with me ever since. Now as I belatedly consider the phrase closely, it seems a little odd at first. That which is fearful is not wonderful, is it? Well let’s back …
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by Kevin Burton To watch a child with his or her parents in a grocery store is to witness yet another chapter from a long, long story. What does the child want? Everything. The parent has in mind limits. A limit to how much sugar a child (or adult) should eat, a …
by Kevin Burton My wife Jeannette has a saying, a phrase she uses: “Here in a minute.” This is recliner speak. She utters the phrase “here in a minute” from her favorite comfortable blue recliner. (We have matching blue recliners. I use mine mostly on NFL Sundays. She uses here year-round.) “Here …
by Kevin Burton To get a picture of what Christ has done for us, it helps to define the word “wilderness.” Merriam-Webster says wilderness is “a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings.” That kind of wilderness may be wild, but it still has its potential. It just hasn’t been tended …
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by Kevin Burton If you want to know who you are in Christ, look no further than the opening lines of Genesis. If some doubt you, or you doubt yourself because of lingering sin within you, hear a thought from Alistair Begg, speaker on the Truth For Life ministry. We’re looking at …
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) I’ve been thinking on the Hope that is ours in Christ. The return of Christ, the bodily resurrection and ultimately a transformed creation are key elements to this “blessed hope.” These are …
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by Kevin Burton The bad news is you can’t take it with you. The good news is, you’re not gonna need it, not gonna miss it at all. So don’t sweat your present conditions on earth dear Christian, no matter what they are. Your day will come, in fact is already declared, your …
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by Kevin Burton Every Sunday around church time my iPhone sends me a message about screen time, how much time I have spent on the phone that week compared to other weeks. I don’t care about the message. I didn’t ask for it and I have no use for that data. Not …
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by Kevin Burton I actually did this, I promise. Neither Winston Churchill nor any other learned observer from the past, present or future, would have called this “my finest hour.” I bring you this, even though there may be somebody reading Page 7 for the first time today. Sheesh. There was a …
by Kevin Burton A policeman, a hockey goalie, a beekeeper, all of them use protective equipment to do their jobs. And they don’t leave part of that protection in their locker. Even more so, a believer can’t afford to go into battle without taking all the weapons God has prepared for us. The …
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