In the People room today I’m reminiscing about an uncle of mine, and it makes me sad to bring back these memories. I apologize for the length of this post today. If you weary of reading over 2,000 words let me know, and I’ll try to shorten them in the future. Uncle Bud He … Continue reading People
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Today in the Bible room we start reading the book of 1 Kings. This book presents a great deal of information, so we will read it in three parts. Here is Part 1, the summary of chapters 1 through 7. _________________________________________ 1 Kings – Part 1 Introduction to 1 Kings: Author: Unknown. Scope: The book … Continue reading Bible
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Today, we’re bringing into the People room a man I never knew. I saw him once for a few minutes as he appeared in my life, a few feet away on the bus. He uttered one sentence, then disappeared. I shall never forget that day, nor him. ______________________________________________ Bus Ride “I don’t know about you … Continue reading People
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The Bible room today presents the completion of 2 Samuel with Part 3 of the summary, Chapters 17 through 24. ________________________________________ 2 Samuel – Part 3 Chapter 17. Advisors Absalom has two competing advisors at Jerusalem: David’s former counselor has been recruited by Absalom;And now Hushai, David’s good friend, has come as a spy;Absalom seeks … Continue reading Bible
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The Bible room today presents Part 2 of the summary of 2 Samuel, covering Chapters 9 through 16. ________________________________________ 2 Samuel – Part 2 Chapter 9. Kindness David intends to show God’s kindness to Saul’s family: He reaches out to Mephibosheth, Jonathon’s son;Injured in a fall as a young boy, he is crippled in his … Continue reading Bible
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MIA? or just M? By Connie Arnold Children make statements with certain hand gestures. When they clasp their fingers together with the fingers on the outside, they chant, “here’s the church”. They raise the two index fingers together and say, “here’s the steeple”. They open up their fists and say, “open the door”, then they … Continue reading Inspiration
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We’re back in the Bible room today with the book of 2 Samuel. We will read this summary in 3 parts, beginning here with Part 1, Chapters 1 through 8. ________________________________________ 2 Samuel – Part 1 Introduction to 2 Samuel – Part 1: Author: See 1 Samuel – Part 1 on this subject. Scope: 2 … Continue reading Bible
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Ships Passing In The Night When we were in Cincinnati in the early 1960s, we attended a small church of some fine people of faith. Wednesday night was testimony time, and everyone had opportunity to stand and tell what the Lord was doing in their life. One regular speaker was a retired medical doctor. His … Continue reading People
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The third and final session of 1 Samuel concludes today with chapters 21 through 31. ___________________________________________________ 1 Samuel – Part 3 Chapter 21. Fugitive On the run from Saul, David makes two stops: A fugitive, alone, David stops at Nob, needs food;He tells the priest his men are to meet him somewhere;The only bread available … Continue reading Bible
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It Doesn’t Seem Fair By Connie Arnold The universal question since man learned to talk is “why do bad things happen to good people?” Then, in his human wisdom, he stands and declares, “it doesn’t seem fair!” Man may feel vindicated in twisting his faith, or throwing it away, when his prayers aren’t readily answered. … Continue reading Inspiration