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Gone Fishing

The Catch Ministry is pleased to announce that Marti and John are finally taking time off starting today, August 31 for two weeks. The first week is designated primarily for rest and will include an operation on Marti’s eyes on … Continue reading

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What To Do With Fear

How do we deal with fear? By taking charge of our situation. By doing something instead of nothing. The two servants who invested the money the Master entrusted to them were probably afraid too, but they did something anyway. (See … Continue reading

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Turning Much Into More

Again, [the kingdom of heaven] will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one … Continue reading

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‘Brother’s Keeper’

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will … Continue reading

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Love Poverty

“The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” – Mother Teresa Homelessness may be closer than we think. Not so much that … Continue reading

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‘Can We Go Around Again?’

I was reminded recently of a story I used to tell about a man who was the last to share in his prayer group. They were going around in a circle, giving their personal requests for prayer when they came … Continue reading

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The Advocate

  My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin… (1 John 2:1) This first sentence of the next chapter of 1 John appears to contradict the statements he … Continue reading

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Whatever Happened to Sin?

Before we move on from 1 John 1, there are a couple more important observations we need to make about this chapter. I know of nowhere else in the Bible where you find statements like, “If we claim we have … Continue reading

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Walking Towards the Light

5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in … Continue reading

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Sharing Joy

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life … Continue reading

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