Who’s Missing?

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Who's Missing?
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Samuel asks David’s father Jesse, “Is this all your sons?” The answer turns out to be “No.” What would have […]

Dehydration Is No Joke

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Dehydration Is No Joke
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Sometimes the help we give or get creates new problems, like when the Israelites escaped Egypt and then realized they […]

Children of the Wind

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Children of the Wind
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When Nicodemus meets Jesus at night, Jesus tells him he has to be born again, born of the wind, to […]

Nothing to Prove

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Nothing to Prove
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Immediately after a voice from heaven has declared him God’s beloved Son, the devil demands Jesus prove that he’s the […]

The Banality of Temptation

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The Banality of Temptation
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We often think of temptation as something obvious that we know we aught to resist, but more often, we don’t […]

Forgiveness Implies power

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Fairplain Presbyterian Church
Forgiveness Implies power
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Sometimes people in positions of power demand that people they have hurt and abused “forgive” them even though they haven’t […]

What is Bread and Who is Us?

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What is Bread and Who is Us?
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When we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” what are we asking for, exactly? It is not just […]

What God Wants

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What God Wants
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When we pray “Thy Will Be Done,” what are we asking for? Will God’s will be done no matter what? […]

God’s Good Road

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God's Good Road
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With all that’s wrong in the world, Jesus appears saying God’s kingdom is near and teaches us to pray “Thy […]

God’s a Little More Holy Than That

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God's a Little More Holy Than That
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In this second message on the Lord’s Prayer, we discuss “Hallowed be thy name.” Holiness is often imagined as something […]