Tag: Love God
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Who Has the Final Say?
Terence Vincent Powderly, January 22, 1849–June 24, 1924 Labor Leader Source: A Year with American Saints, G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. Webber, Church Publishing, 2006. When I began reading about Terence Vincent Powderly, the opening sentence caught my attention. The authors wrote about European churches whose members came to America bringing Old World traditions…
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The Mercy and Grace of God
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection There are two words in Scripture that many of us hear so often we almost stop noticing their power: mercy and grace. Yet the entire story of the Bible rests upon them. Without mercy, humanity would drown in shame. Without grace, we would never discover hope. Mercy and grace are not…
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Loving God with all we are
In December of 1964, at just fourteen years old, I preached my very first sermon at Lee’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church near Laurel, Mississippi. The text I chose was Mark 12:30-31: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your…
