Category Archives: grace

Owning, and Owned By the Pearl of Great Price

Posted on October 8, 2024 by RC

There may well be many of them, but perhaps not as many as you might think. Most of the knowledge I was blessed to receive from my Father became melded together with the rest of it. I was blessed to … Continue reading →

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Last week’s Philippians Study- Ode to Joy

Posted on October 7, 2024 by RC
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Live Bible Study Tonight, Philippians- Ode to Joy

Posted on October 7, 2024 by RC

Tonight we continue our study, finishing chapter three of the book of Philippians. All are welcome to our home at 7 est, or you may join us for dinner at 6:15. We will also stream the study at Facebook Live, … Continue reading →

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Days of Whine and Roses: Hustling Downward

Posted on October 3, 2024 by RC

With the recent passing of Pete Rose we are once again debating the merits of whether he should be in the baseball Hall of Fame. He was, by all accounts, one of the greatest to ever play the game. He … Continue reading →

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Joy in All Times, All Places, All Circumstances

Posted on September 19, 2024 by RC

Just because someone says you’re guilty of something doesn’t mean you are. The world is swift to lay a charge that we are “judgmental.” They do so any time we seek to remind them of what God says about this … Continue reading →

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Ode to Joy- Our Bible Study on Philippians 1

Posted on September 18, 2024 by RC
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Intro to Philippians, from 9.9.24, Paul’s Joy in Hardship

Posted on September 16, 2024 by RC
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Turning the Mirror Around, Hiding From the Ugly

Posted on September 12, 2024 by RC

Not only do we remain, in ourselves, sinners, when by His grace we are declared to be saints, but we tend to be, after being born again, repenting and being indwelt by the Spirit, the same kind of sinners we … Continue reading →

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Why is the evangelical church so full of pretense?

Posted on September 9, 2024 by RC

I’m no behaviorist, but I don’t need to be to understand this truth- that which you punish you get less of, and what you reward you get more of. We don’t like punishment, and seek to avoid it. We do … Continue reading →

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Beggars All- Making Invitations to the Feast

Posted on September 3, 2024 by RC

For all the hardships connected to inflation none of us, I suspect, have found ourselves giving thanks for having the head of a donkey or dove droppings to eat. That, however, was the situation in Samaria when the Syrians laid … Continue reading →

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