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by Kevin Burton You’ve heard people say of a sure thing, “you can take that to the bank.” How much better if we’re talking about God’s spiritual bank? Good morning! We are in fact talking about spiritual things today here at the Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind (ESSB). Having been born …
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by Kevin Burton There are certain physical laws you need to understand in order to have any success navigating planet Earth. There are spiritual laws that are even more important, for they have implications for where you spend eternity, once you leave the physical realm. This is our second Sunday at the …
by Kevin Burton When King David prayed “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psalm 51:10) he wasn’t talking about cholesterol. David was in trouble and he knew it. He never ignored his physical health, but in this moment of repentant prayer after being confronted with his sin with Bathsheba, he called …
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by Kevin Burton Spiritual blindness comes from the lack of spiritual light. If you don’t have spiritual light, you can’t see straight. It’s a simple concept when you boil it down. But that notion is missing in many heated conversations about God, life on earth and the afterlife. The Holy Bible teaches …
by Kevin Burton Yesterday on Page 7 we tried to keep up with the apostle Peter as he exhorted believers to grow in their Christian character. We looked at 2 Peter 1: 5-7, which in the New King James version reads, “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith …
by Kevin Burton There is a passage in 2 Peter that forces me to slow down to get the depth of meaning. It’s just too much to take in all at once. In fact, it’s too much for one post. We’ll finish the subject tomorrow. I’m talking about Peter’s exhortation to believers …
by Kevin Burton Herb Beauchamp stood up and gave his daughter away nine years ago on my wedding day. He was a giver until the day he died. I am not the only one in his debt. The day he died came this week not as a surprise, but as a shock …
By Kevin Burton If you are a regular Page 7 reader, you have heard me talk about my days at the Ohio State School for the Blind. I didn’t want to be there at first, but grew to where I didn’t much want to be anywhere else. Well I now think it …
by Kevin Burton Welcome to the ninth installment of our series Ten Questions from the Bible. No humans are involved in today’s question except as witnesses. This question comes from Jesus Himself, to God the Father. The gospels of Matthew and Mark record the question. Here is Matthew 27:46 in the KJV. …
by Kevin Burton Profound as the Easter message is, it’s also very simple. Did you catch it Sunday? Dane Massey is a guest blogger on Page 7 from time to time. He is formerly the pastor of Mulvane Christian Church and is now in ministry in Houston. His Easter message Sunday contains …
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