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The Stain of Sin

1 John 1:7b Watch on YouTube For about three years I worked in underground mines. Boy that can be dirty work. My last job was a driller and often I would come up from underground almost pure black. The oil…

Are you lonely?

Psalm 139:7 I’ve been surprised with how lonely life can feel. And you don’t have to be on some deserted island to experience it. Probably one of the loneliest parts of my life was when I was working in Western…

The Guilt of Sin

Psalm 32:5 I was having something like a pillow fight with my younger brother and sister we’d done it many times but this was different this time when I hit my sister in the back of the head, she pitched…

God Cares about You

Matthew 10:29-30 I was once visiting with an elderly woman when she expressed this thought: that God was up in heaven and so busy with everything else that he didn’t have time for little old her. Does God really care…

When disaster strikes, is God in control?

Romans 8:28 Have you seen the pictures? That is often the question that is asked when massive disaster hits. A hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or fire we see the images of people’s lives wrecked, their possessions taken away, sometimes even their…