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by Kevin Burton Jesus is the all-powerful Son of God. There is no door in Heaven or on earth that he can not open. In fact, shortly after His resurrection, Jesus passed through a locked door to join a meeting of His disciples. You can read about that in John 20:19. (That’s a …
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by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) How do we tell the difference between the condemnation of the enemy and the conviction of the Holy Spirit, when it comes to sin in our lives? In the Bible …
by Kevin Burton Page 7 passed its 7th anniversary without any special post from me July 20, because my main computer was in the shop to get a virus cleaned out. I know, should have had the anniversary post done ahead of time. It’s quite possible I will get around to looking …
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by Kevin Burton I am guessing you are like me and had no previous idea what “fly tipping” is. Fly tipping is “the activity of illegally leaving waste or unwanted objects next to a road, in a field, in a river, etc.” according to the Cambridge Dictionary. According to wordhistories.net, here’s how …
by Kevin Burton Most of the words I share today come from Truth For Life, the Cleveland ministry founded by Alistair Begg. But I also imagine them coming also from my late mother. They are words she might well have spoken in her final days. Mom died May 4. She had close …
by Kevin Burton I called the cemetery where my mother will be buried next week and told the clerk that the time had come. The clerk was actually en route to work. She said she would look up our family’s records once she got there, and call me back. “Everything is paid …
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by Kevin Burton One of my teachers planted a question in our minds: “Where is the front?” His idea was that once you know, and everyone agrees on, which side of an object or a building is the front, you can go on describing the object, giving instructions about it. You have it …
by Kevin Burton Your tombstone and mine will land with the thud of finality. Jesus’ tombstone was pushed aside in very short order. This was God’s plan, and we rejoice in it today on Easter, as we serve a risen Savior, who conquered death to make a way for us to be saved. …
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by Kevin Burtoon Believer, take note of a humble prayer this morning and take note of who prayed it.: “Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression” (Psalm 19:13 KJV). “Such …
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by Kevin Burton In six plus years of writing Page 7, I don’t believe I have ever quoted perhaps the most quoted Bible verse, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 …
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