Happy New Year! Did you make any big sweeping resolutions last year? How many did you keep? It’s hard to change habits, but we keep trying. On January 1, it’s customary to take a harsh look at ourselves and see lots of room for improvement. The most popular resolution is to lose weight. Just a […]

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“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name” (Psalm 100:4).  When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was an important day. My grandmother cooked all of her special recipes (I still make them today), the best dinnerware was set on the table, cloth tablecloths were […]

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We all know that sometimes it isn’t easy to be thankful, but thankfulness shouldn’t depend upon our feelings about what’s happening at the moment. A child might live in a very loving family, but does that child truly feel thankful for a warm bed at night, or parents that set boundaries? That child is very […]

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Why is it that, today, many preachers seem to think they need a gimmick in order to draw people into their church? Every so often, I hear someone say that the younger generation is bored by the traditional teachings, so we need to have more modern music or a preacher who jumps around like a […]

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The date-setters are discouraged. September 23, 2025, has come and gone, and the Rapture didn’t happen. Date setting is always an exercise in futility. If God had wanted us to know the exact date of the Rapture, He would have made it crystal clear. He didn’t, yet Christians everywhere sold their property, isolated themselves, and […]

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