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Panic settled upon me after hearing how driven the state of Kansas has become in its effort to lure, entice, kidnap the KC Chiefs across state lines. Wouldn’t that be a federal offense? The same sense of panic sat in when Jackson County failed to renew the tax for the KC Royals in April. Why panic? I
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During the past few months, I have had the honor of officiating at two funerals, and yesterday I attended a third funeral. There is one resounding principle that keeps ringing in my ears: the greatest gift ever is love. Yesterday’s funeral was for a member of my church family of 28 years. I came to this community to
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given on Sunday, May 26, 2013 Memorial Day 2013: Remembering Good Works Trees snap like toothpicks or fly upward, wrenched from the earth. Whole rooftops sail, cars tumble like toys, walls collapse, . . .A [tornado] cuts and tears, and only solid foundations survive [the] unbridled fury. But those foundations can be
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given on Sunday, May 19, 2013, Pentecost Sunday. Opening Scripture: Judge 3:10 10 The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge. He went to war against King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram, and the Lord gave Othniel victory over him.—the NLT Have you ever heard those stories on the news about how
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given on Sunday, May 12, 2013 Scripture: Psalm 145, the Message Spring 2013 has been challenging to say the least. We have broken so many norms of Missouri weather it just does not seem like the day on the calendar really matches the day we experience as we walk out our doors. There is such
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given on Sunday, April 28, 2013: Sometimes we get so involved in the world about us, that we do not see how our Christian lifestyle is slipping away. Here is my question, are we like the Maccabees or are we succumbing to the secular world? April’s Apocrypha Lesson: Meet the Maccabees Why in the
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given on Sunday, April 7, 2013 Every once and a while an idea just starts bubbling up in the brain, and no matter what you do, you cannot get rid of it. Several weeks ago, even before Lent, I started wondering about the apocrypha. Never had it been included either in Bible studies or in
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given on Easter Sunday, March 31, 201 Scripture I: Matthew 25;31-36 from the NLT 31 “But when the Son of Man[a] comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 32 All the nations[b] will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a
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given on Sunday, March 17, 2013 In the Words of Saint Patrick Reading about St. Patrick revealed a few surprises. First, I had no idea beforehand of the historical significance of the man himself. I was surprised to learn that he had been kidnapped by the Druids from his home in England, and taken
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Okay, done. Sin’s code is broken. Malachi never really mentioned the word ‘sin,’ but he certainly told the people of Israel that they failed to keep the commandments, especially the first one—have no other God before me. True he outlined how the priests had failed and then how the people failed, but the major
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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