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A Lesson from the NFL

by John Shirk A Lesson from the NFL I’m a fan of NFL football and the San Francisco Forty Niners. Every Fall, I enjoy watching men who have devoted their lives to becoming the best football players in the world … Continue reading

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Follow Me

by John Shirk Follow Me The Great Commission is to make disciples. Jesus instructed us to teach them everything He commanded. Let’s look at His first command to His first disciples. In Matthew 1 Jesus tells Peter and Andrew, “Come, … Continue reading

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Following Jesus

by John Shirk Following Jesus It is common to hear Christians speak of the Great Commission as the marching orders of the church. Jesus’ last instructions to His disciples were to go into all the world and make disciples. I … Continue reading

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More from Central Baptist

by Wayne Bridegroom As has been mentioned in two previous stories, the wonderful works of God are to be repeated over and over, generation after generation.  The Spirit of God has an amazing way of going about the work of building … Continue reading

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Cuba, Laos, and a Baptist church in Modesto

by Wayne Bridegroom Tell these stories to your children over and over, to generation after generation… so says the Scripture.  Well, here’s another one.  It goes far beyond any local church. Castro took over Cuba in the mid 1950’s as … Continue reading

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The feeding of the four churches

by Wayne Bridegroom Last Sunday was quite a day of positive twists and turns. If you follow John’s “BlogTalkRadio” show, you may recall his interview with me in regards to the 10-week class on racism that I had just finished … Continue reading

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More asking; less telling

The important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein Recently I had a great conversation with new Christian. After explaining the cross and the gospel in simple terms, he asked, “Why don’t more Christians talk like you do?” … Continue reading

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The power of questions

Questions are so much better than answers. If I had a Book of Answers to sell you or a Book of Questions, which one would you be interested in? There was a time when I would have bought the Book … Continue reading

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‘Second star to the right and straight on till the morning’

Peter Pan is one of Marti’s favorite childhood stories. She first experienced the Broadway production of Peter Pan in New York when she was eight years old. So inspired, upon returning home, she flew off the top of her brother’s … Continue reading

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Love them now

So I thought I’d do my wife a favor. She had a package ready to mail this morning to the Social Security Administration and asked me to take it to the local Mail Stop when I realized it was going … Continue reading

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