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We can both love and... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1999
We can both love and hate the idea of food samples that we are invited to taste when we shop for gro
For years Pastor Don had... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1999
For years Pastor Don had struggled with alcohol.
True grace brings with it... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1998
True grace brings with it a strong sense of the law.
Thirty students are in the... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1998
Thirty students are in the room waiting for their teacher who has been detained for reasons unknown
Mary got her things together... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1998
Mary got her things together. It would be a long trip. And the donkey would be tired.
God's word instructs us to... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1997
God's word instructs us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, a
Watch your words. Words can... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1997
Watch your words. Words can be wonderful or worrisome. Words can win or wound.
In our age, much of... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1997
In our age, much of the language of scripture is devoid of meaning. Redemption is a case in point.
Madeleine L'Engle tells the following... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1996
Madeleine L'Engle tells the following story in Questions of Faith.
One of the worst things... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1996
One of the worst things we can try to do in religious practice is to be overly holy, as if any of th
Before his conversion to the... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1996
Before his conversion to the Christian faith, Augustine had been a promiscuous man.
Jack Welfield was a kindly... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1996
Jack Welfield was a kindly old man at the age of 82.
In Lloyd Douglas' novel, The... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1995
In Lloyd Douglas' novel, The Robe, there is a scene in which Marcellus, a Roman soldier, has returne
Important relationships shape our lives... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1995
Important relationships shape our lives.
A woman and her husband... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1995
A woman and her husband were stuck in the middle of a big traffic jam in a large midwestern city, w
Recently Sandra had attended a... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1994
Recently Sandra had attended a lecture in which the speaker said, "The 20th century theologian Jurge
Many Olympic athletes appear only... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1994
Many Olympic athletes appear only in one Olympics before their young but aging bodies give way to a
Boot camp. Many are the... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- 1994
Boot camp. Many are the stories told by recruits, volunteers and draftees about boot camp.
I would like a show... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- The Nativity of our Lord - A
I would like a show of hands by those who feel that today's second lesson, Titus 2:11-14, is their f
This passage is the summary... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- The Nativity of our Lord - A
This passage is the summary of the few verses that come before it in the chapter; the moral of the s
When we were children, my... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- The Nativity of our Lord - A
When we were children, my sisters and I looked forward to wearing our most elegant dresses to church
Bill W. and Dr. Bob... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- The Nativity of our Lord - A
Bill W. and Dr.
At Christmastime we rejoice in... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- The Nativity of our Lord - B
At Christmastime we rejoice in the news that the promised Messiah has come.
A remote village in Poland... -- Titus 2:11-14 -- The Nativity of our Lord - B
A remote village in Poland had not been visited by a clockmaker for many years.

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Note: You will need an older volunteer to help with this activity. One option would be to find a teenager with some physical ability. If a teen is not available, an adult could be used instead. For simplicity here, I will refer to my older volunteer as “TOM”. You will also need to select three of your younger children to serve as volunteers in the story.

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Naaman seeks healing. He travels hoping healing will come to him when he visits the king of Israel. Yet, healing does not come in that way. Rather healing comes through Elishah. Healing comes from believing and being cleansed in the River Jordan. Healing comes through Naaman’s faithfulness and through God’s grace. Psalm 30 also reminds us to seek healing; to seek God and God will heal and restore us. Do we believe that? Do we believe that God can bring healing?

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John E. Sumwalt
But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ (vv. 10-11)

When I visit your church for the first time, consider the possibility that I might be looking for a church home. I am a good-looking old guy, but I have gray hair and I dress down in the summer, so don’t be put off by my cargo shorts and tank top. Talk to me!

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Janice B. Scott
Damien and Ora grinned at each other in excitement. The time had come - at last! They'd been with the Leader for months and months, waiting for this moment. Not that it had felt much like training. They'd simply lived with the Leader, listening to his stories, hearing about the Kingdom, learning to get along really well with all the other people at Mission Headquarters. Now all seventy of them were ready, the spaceship had docked, and the Mission was about to begin. Ora was glad she'd been paired up with Damien again.

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Anyone who has ever had the experience of losing a friend because of some conflict or dispute, and then has had the friendship restored because of love and forgiveness, has a unique insight into the meaning of this psalm. Although the poem begins and ends with praise, there is in the middle of the poem a brief moment of confession and contrition that puts the praise portions of the psalm in an entirely different light.

April Yamasaki
A word of encouragement came from an unlikely source the other day in a television interview with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The former football player, wrestler, and now actor was asked about a low time in his life when he was very discouraged about his career and future.

"How did you make your way back from that?" he was asked.

The Rock replied, "You have to put yourself out there. You have to get out there and fail, and learn from your failures."

Larry D. Powell
In the summer of 1983, I participated in a ministerial exchange program sponsored by my denomination. My assignment was to a circuit of churches on the Isle of Man, a tiny island located in the Irish Sea. The months preceding the exchange included considerable correspondence with the minister on the island with whom I would exchange pastoral duties for six weeks.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
A wealthy businessman decided to take a walk and eat his lunch at the same time. He strolled by a park. There he purchased a hot dog and a soft drink. As he walked through the park two different "street people" approached him one by one. Each asked, "Can you help me? I am hungry." Each time the businessman looked straight ahead and kept walking. After finishing his lunch, he stopped and bought a chocolate eclair for dessert. As he was about to take the first bite, he was forced to jump out of the way as a young boy raced by on his skateboard. The eclair went flying and landed on the ground.

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