Category Archives: Salvation

What A Strange Day

Posted on 2022/01/23 by Jim

I find myself with no tasks on my agenda for today except to read a book, watch TV, nap, or as I always do, enjoy my wife’s company. The Cheap Detective is on presently with Peter Falk. It’s a movie … Continue reading →

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Leprosy

Posted on 2022/01/03 by Jim

Yesterday in church I sat to the side throughout the service listening to Pastor preach his message. He typically has a monthly theme. This month is “REAP”. It’s a time for harvest. He’s been reading the book I’m writing up … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve Thoughts

Posted on 2021/12/24 by Jim

Christmas Eve. Another year almost gone. I think how excited I used to get as a young child, then teen and my early 20’s. While in Germany I found myself questioning the value of holidays in 1971. I had just … Continue reading →

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Wanting More of God

Posted on 2021/12/06 by Jim

I had a hard start yesterday morning before church. My sister-in-law had early duties at church and while there she called and said her car was in the parking lot with a flat. So I proceeded to the church and … Continue reading →

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Suicide Awareness & Prevention – Lesson 4

Posted on 2021/10/21 by Jim

What does someone contemplating suicide look like?  I’ve heard several people say that a person that did commit suicide had not shown any tell-tale signs of issues like depression, withdrawal or sadness in them.  I’m not saying people are non-observant, … Continue reading →

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Suicide Awareness & Prevention – Lesson 3

Posted on 2021/09/28 by Jim

To begin this lesson I will have to say I spent several weeks listening intently to different people’s encounters with suicide in their family or of friends. Personally I have shared my own experience with family that committed suicide. I’ve … Continue reading →

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God’s Guidance

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Jim

I’m sure in your lifetime you have heard God speak to you. You may or may not have known who it was speaking, but I feel pretty certain most would know. I heard God speak to me around age twelve … Continue reading →

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When Common Sense Died

Posted on 2021/04/30 by Jim

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd … Continue reading →

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What Would I Tell My Dad?

Posted on 2020/12/31 by Jim

At this point in life I find myself with a peculiar thought. I turned seventy years old this year. May dad passed away at the age of sixty. This being the last day of 2020 I look in retrospect of … Continue reading →

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THE SIMPLICITY OF SALVATION

Posted on 2020/12/25 by Jim

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that … Continue reading →

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