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because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”
Mark …
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Todd Simmons
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4/12/26
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A little boy once came home from an Easter egg hunt with a basket full of candy, chocolate bunnies, and bright plastic eggs. His grandmother asked, “Do you know why we celebrate this day?”
He …
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By Anna Bright
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4/5/26
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In Job chapter 19, Job offers a litany of complaints about being treated unfairly by his friends AND by Yahweh God. The first twenty-four verses recount the friends’ verbal mistreatment and God's …
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By Zane Brown
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4/5/26
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When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood …
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By Todd Simmons
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4/5/26
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Some of the greatest sermons we will ever hear are not preached from a pulpit; they are lived out in front of us every day. Many of us were blessed to have mothers who didn’t just talk about faith; …
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By Anna Bright
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3/29/26
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In Acts 3, Peter and John were used by the Holy Spirit to heal a who had been born lame. As the two of them approached the Temple gate, the man asked them for money. He did not lift his head to look …
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By Zane Brown
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3/29/26
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I remember watching an old commercial so often that I could repeat the company’s slogan. It was catchy and drove home their message that they were America’s go-to company for painting questions. …
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By Tim Richards
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3/29/26
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“A man once told a story
about carrying a heavy backpack
all day long. Inside the bag were
rocks, and each rock represented a
person who had hurt him in some
way. By the end of the …
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By Anna Bright
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3/22/26
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The Holy Spirit becomes the
true believer’s conscience. He
is our inner moral and spiritual
compass. He IS the voice of God
the Father in our lives. See John
16:13. We must remember …
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By Zane Brown
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3/22/26
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My wife and I sometimes
watch the television show, The
UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd.
It features fascinating stories
from the past. I love history and
am always looking for …
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By Tim Richards
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3/22/26
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They went to a place called
Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his
disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
He took Peter, James and John
along with him, and he began to
be deeply distressed …
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3/22/26
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One of the most common habits people have is procrastination. We delay cleaning the house, starting a diet, or finishing a project we promised to complete weeks ago. We often tell ourselves, …
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3/15/26
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Read the seventh chapter of Acts. This Stephen’s bold sermon before the Sanhedrin. Stephen was not an apostle and might have been one of those thousands who were born again at Pentecost. The Church …
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3/15/26
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Many Americans are currently thinking about peace or, more accurately, the lack of world peace. As I write these words, bombs are falling in Iran and Israel. Current political debate centers on …
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3/15/26
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so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the …
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By Todd Simmons
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3/15/26
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There is a story often shared about a church member who stopped attending Sunday morning worship. “The pastor visited him and sat quietly by the fireplace. After a while, the pastor took a single …
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By Anna Bright
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3/8/26
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While many believe ice cream cones were invented at the Saint
Louis World’s Fair in 1904, that is unlikely. According to Wikipedia, an 1807 illustration shows a girl from Paris eating something …
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By Tim Richards
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3/8/26
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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called …
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By Todd Simmons
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3/8/26
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During the month of March when Women’s History Month arrives, we celebrate women who have led nations, built businesses, raised generations, and shaped history. Yet in some circles, there remains …
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By Anna Bright
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3/3/26
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"Tell me I've been a good man!" Desperate words from an aged man who wonders if his life has been worth the sacrifice. It is a scene from director Steven Spielberg's award-winning movie, "Saving …
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By Zane Brown
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3/3/26
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