by Kevin Burton Some people have little marks on their walls, measuring of the growth of their children. It’s a pleasure to mark their progress in gaining physical stature. If your children aren’t growing that sets off serious alarm bells. You’re going to get an appointment with your doctor, without delay. Yet …
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AI And Biblical Warnings Of Strong Delusion
by Kevin Burton The Biblical warning of “strong delusion” coming on mankind is playing out now. The vehicle: artificial intelligence. Read your Bible. Pay attention. First here’s the warning, in context, from II Thessalonians 2:1-12 in the New King James Version: “Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our …
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I Wish You Christmas Merriness, With Jesus
by Kevin Burton Well, the big day has come, and I wish you a Merry Christmas! This covers today and all Christmases. Even after I die, if you’re still chugging along and remember me, remember that old Kev wished you a Merry Christmas. But on this Christmas Day I have a bigger …
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Hell Is Eternal, Jesus Died To Save You From It
by Kevin Burton “I have been through hell,” was a quote from one of the Israeli hostages released this week by Hamas. Maam, you have been through severe trauma of a degree I can’t imagine, but you have not been through hell. You don’t get through hell. The Bible says hell is …
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What I Couldn’t Remember, I Now Can’t Forget
by Kevin Burton The Scrabble words deployed against you that get you beat; those are the ones you remember the best. Something kind of similar happened with my Bible memory verses recently. I’ve written previously about my memory verses, typed on paper, taped onto index cards of various colors. I am up …
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The Apostle Paul’s Four Trustworthy Sayings
by Kevin Burton In this life of deceit and disappointments, we pray for something solid we can hold on to, something that is true. We long for something we can trust. Trust according to Merriam-Webster is “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something.” On the …
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Always Keep That Fire Of Prayer Burning
by Kevin Burton From the book of Leviticus and the story of Old Testament sacrifices, comes a never-outdated concept of ongoing prayer to God. This is in follow up to messages by Dane Massey the last two Sundays on Page 7 on the importance and difficulty of prayer. This week we hear from …
How To Read And Understand The Bible
by Kevin Burton What’s the Bible all about anyway? What am I supposed to make of all this? How do I read it? What a foundational, fundamental question. It’s a wonder more people don’t talk about this. Humanly speaking, the Bible is 66 books written by approximately 40 men over a period of …
Take Care Of Mom As She Took Care of You
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 …
A Difference Between Grumbling, Complaining
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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