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The gift
In the Ten Commandments God has given us a gift by setting forth how we can and should live in relationship and community with God, ...
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The wonderful news of Christmas
For Christmas we have wonderful images, particularly from Luke and Matthew. From Luke we get the image of the baby in the manger, with the ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, December 20, 2018 12:10 pm
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Turn your worries over to God
This seems to be a season of worry, doesn’t it? Do we have enough food for the Thanksgiving dinner? Are the kids coming home for ...
by Dale Brown, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:37 pm
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The image of God
What does God look like? Remember what happened when the Israelites were waiting for Moses to come down from Mount Sinai. This was after they’d ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:31 pm
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A rock you can count on
Have you ever been in an earthquake? I’ve been through several earthquakes. The area in Pakistan where I grew up as a missionary child was ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, September 27, 2018 7:37 am
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Spread the seed
Jesus tells the parable of the sower in Matthew 13:1-23. The sower throws out the seed and it goes everywhere. Some gets on that hard ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, August 30, 2018 7:37 am
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Giving multiplied by Jesus
In John 6:1-15, John gives us his rendition of the story of the feeding of the five thousand. He tells how Jesus was able to ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, August 2, 2018 8:37 am
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Rhythm
Our existence is based on rhythm. There is the beat of the heart, absolutely necessary for our lives — when that stops we die. There ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:29 am
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You can’t take it with you
In Luke Chapter 12, when he is asked about possessions, Jesus tells the parable about the rich fool. This is a rich man, a rich ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, June 7, 2018 8:42 am
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How do you believe?
In the third chapter of John, Nicodemus comes to Jesus. He is a Pharisee, he’s one of the leaders of the Jews. As a good ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, May 10, 2018 11:21 am
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Cleanse me
Early in Jesus ministry, Mark 1:40-45 tells us of a time when a leper comes up to Jesus. Now Leviticus had set out rigid rules ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, April 12, 2018 8:45 am
DEVOTIONAL
Treasures in Heaven
Boy, the stock market has sure taken us on a ride this last week or two. I know different commentators have been putting different terms ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:31 pm
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Moths and rust
Boy, the stock market has sure taken us on a ride this last week or two. I know different commentators have been putting different terms ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:08 am
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How are your hinges?
Did you ever think about door hinges? It’s not something we usually think about, they’re just there. But they are important. They are not only ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:57 am
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Light burst into the world
Light. Christmas is all about light, isn’t it? We have the lights on the trees, the carolers have their flashlights or their candles, we have ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, December 21, 2017 8:45 am
Church & Community
‘Worship … from A to Z’
Psalm 111 is a wonderful psalm for Thanksgiving. The psalmist knew that God is not theoretical, and that God matters. If you delight in God, ...
by Dale Brown, Wednesday, November 22, 2017 9:46 am
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Giving and forgiving
The Lord’s Prayer in Luke 11:2-4 is different from the traditional one we usually recite from Matthew 6. It is shorter with only five petitions, ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, September 28, 2017 10:52 am
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‘How are you exercising your love?’
I’m going to make a confession to you: I hate to exercise. It’s such a hassle, takes up regular time when I think I could ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:52 am
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We’re at the brink
We’re at the brink. Moses was at the brink. He’d been given the vision of the land of milk and honey for which he led ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:33 am
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A code for living in freedom
The Ten Commandments are so familiar. We learned them when we were small and memorized them. One, you shall have no other God before me; ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, July 6, 2017 8:58 am
Church & Community
‘Tiny, small, yet how powerful’
What do you see when you look at a little baby? Those tiny hands, little fingers that curl around your little finger that seems so ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, June 8, 2017 9:02 am
Devotional
Amazing grace from Paul
In this devotional, I would like to look at I Timothy 1: 12-17. Paul is writing this letter to Timothy, the young man who has ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:08 am
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Showing a family resemblance
The other day I was sitting and thinking, and there is a little habit I’ve picked up. When I’m sitting and thinking, I find that ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, April 6, 2017 12:23 pm
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‘What cross can you take up?’
“If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me.” (Mark 8:34.) The cross is a wonderful ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, March 2, 2017 10:14 am
Devotional
‘Take your second chance’
Well, we’re going into a new year, and I wonder how many of us are wondering if this is the year we’re going to get ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:26 pm
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‘Mary, Did You Know’
One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Mary, Did You Know?” Mark Lowry wrote it in 1984 when his pastor asked him to write the ...
by Dale Brown, Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:08 am
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‘Faith you can rely on, even when it means your life’
In 2 Cor. 5:7, Paul writes that we walk by faith, not by sight. According to Paul, that should give us confidence. Do you walk ...