• Be Joyful!

    | Jun 26, 2024
    I KNOW, I KNOW . . . THIS IS A ROTTEN WORLD. And some people just can't be trusted. And con men (and women) and phonies and charlatans are out there, ready to rip us off.
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  • Echoes

    | Jun 25, 2024
    A YOUNG BOY LIVED WITH his grandfather on the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps.
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  • A Source of All Comfort

    | Jun 24, 2024
    You are never more like God when you are available to those who suffer. I urge you to be available for the long haul to that one who is grieving a devastating loss of a loved one.
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  • The Next Generation

    | Jun 23, 2024
    THE BIBLE doesn't try to paint its heroes as anything but real people with real flaws. Consequently, Abraham becomes real, not despite his frailties, but because of them. Like all real people, he had weaknesses.
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  • Believing God’s Promises

    | Jun 22, 2024
    IN THE BOOK of Hebrews, Abraham is praised for believing God's promises. God called Abraham to move to a place where he didn't know a soul.
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  • Beyond Your Comfort Zone

    | Jun 21, 2024
    HEBREWS 11 has been called "the hall of faith"—and for good reason. Beginning with one of the first people on earth, the author traces the essential quality of faith through Hebrew history, highlighting ten great men and women.
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  • Friend of God

    | Jun 20, 2024
    DIRECT INTERCHANGES between God and individuals don't occur often in Scripture. But in Abraham's life, his interchange with God takes the form of a true dialogue, a back-and-forth conversation between friends.
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  • Finishing Well

    | Jun 19, 2024
    DON'T CRY for Abraham. Don't mourn his death. Don't grieve his departure. Rejoice! Celebrate him. Look at what he made of his life and his final years on earth.
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  • Giving While You’re Living

    | Jun 18, 2024
    BEFORE ABRAHAM DIED, he took good care of all his children, establishing each of his sons financially as they left the nest and started families of their own.
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  • Never Too Late

    | Jun 17, 2024
    EVER THOUGHT about how you hope to die? I’m not necessarily talking about your literal death; I’m really asking about how you intend to live until you die.
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  • Willing to Go

    | Jun 16, 2024
    IN RESPONSE to Eliezer’s prayer, the Lord directed Abraham’s servant to a woman from Abraham’s family clan—a woman of uncommon character who worshiped the one true Creator. And in addition to all that, she was pretty!
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  • Confirmation

    | Jun 15, 2024
    WHEN ABRAHAM was growing old, he knew it was time to find a suitable wife for Isaac. To accomplish the all-important task, Abraham called on his most trusted employee, Eliezer.
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  • Traveling Companions

    | Jun 14, 2024
    FOR THE FIRST part of their life together, Abraham and Sarah worshiped many gods. Then they received a visit from the one true Creator God, who said, in effect, “I have chosen you to become My models of faith.
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  • Beyond Our Expectations

    | Jun 13, 2024
    AS ABRAHAM and Isaac headed up the mountain, before Abraham knew how God would intervene, he assured his son that God would provide the sacrifice.
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  • The Ultimate Sacrifice

    | Jun 12, 2024
    SOME YEARS after receiving Isaac, as promised by God, the time had come for Abraham’s faith to be put to the supreme test. God is, of course, omniscient.
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  • Not Alone

    | Jun 11, 2024
    WHEN HAGAR was forced to leave Abraham’s camp, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba, a region roughly thirty miles southwest of Hebron.
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  • Consequences

    | Jun 10, 2024
    GENESIS 21 gives the account of a man whose previous sin now haunts him and harms the people he loves. The birth of Abraham’s long-awaited heir, Isaac, gave him and Sarah great joy, but their delight became tinged with regret.
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  • Unanswered Prayers

    | Jun 09, 2024
    LONG AFTER Abraham and Sarah had given up hope of experiencing this joy, they held their very own son in their arms. It would have been easy for them to lose hope.
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  • Fulfillment of the Impossible

    | Jun 08, 2024
    AT LONG LAST, at the appointed time, Abraham and Sarah received the fulfillment of God’s promise. Ninety-year-old Sarah gave birth to a son and, in obedience to God, named him Isaac, which means “he laughs.”
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  • Perfect Timing

    | Jun 07, 2024
    GOD ISN’T in a hurry, so He didn’t have a problem waiting a quarter century before fulfilling His promise and allowing Abraham and Sarah to conceive. Who knows why He waited that long?
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Aging Well

Do you want to know how to age gracefully? Pastor Chuck reminds us of what God wants us to focus on during our remaining years. As long as we live, the Lord has a purpose for us.