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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.) Today I find my thoughts captivated by Joel 2:12: “Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and …
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by Kevin Burton What can I say about the morning that poets through the centuries haven’t already said, much better than I can? And what could I tell you about the morning that you don’t already hold in your innermost heart? Answer to both: nothing. With our heads, we know that …
by Kevin Burton From the cross, the most difficult circumstance imaginable, Jesus took care of His earthly mother. He knew He was ending his earthly walk and He was telling the disciple John to meet her needs. “So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said …
by Kevin Burton One of the few Steely Dan tunes I don’t really like took on more juice recently when I read that the song is an attack on John Lennon’s “Imagine.” I had no idea the song “Only A Fool Would Say That,” from the 1972 album “Can’t Buy A Thrill” casts Lennon as …
by Kevin Burton There is a right way and a wrong way to bring our concerns to God, according to a Christian social worker. Laura Kuehn, LCSW, writing on the website cornerstonesforparents.com, points to the book of Joel in drawing a distinction between grumbling and complaining. This is a passage from Joel …
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by Kevin Burton Gonna make myself a sign, and I’ll tell you why. First, by way of explanation, a bit from my coaching days. When I began coaching the Wichita Sonics beep baseball team, I adopted the three rules that the late John Madden, the old Oakland Raiders coach, had for his …
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by Kevin Burton Church attendance is down, way down, in the USA, reports the British newspaper The Guardian, citing two main reasons. The worldwide Covid pandemic is the first, understandable reason. For a while there, few people were going anywhere. The second reason is more troubling: Americans are giving up on Christianity. …
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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.) To pursue holiness, focus on the mind of Christ. As Paul writes: “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; …
by Kevin Burton Our home Bible study has left Genesis for now and gone to Esther. But before we get too far from Noah and the ark, a few more stray thoughts. Or should I say “astray thoughts?” Thoughts that show I have gone astray, at least in the moment. I wrote …
by Kevin Burton Not sure why, but I had never thought about what fish were doing during the great flood described in Genesis chapter seven, until now. My home Bible study has been in Genesis for the past two months. The first few chapters have not been easy for me. Comedians have …
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