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Retired missionary, pastor, seminary professor, Board Certified Chaplain and American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Director.

NUGGETS OF WISDOM

THE BELIEVER’S MOTTO – This is another of the psalms sung by Jewish people following the Passover Meal, and after drinking the third cup of wine. The Temple musicians loved this psalm because it offered magnificent praise to God for … Continue reading →

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

DOUBTING GOD, IS NOT BEING INTELLECTUAL – Each time Jewish believers gather for the Passover Meal and after they drink from the third cup of wine, they then sing this psalm. In the previous psalm they exalted God because of … Continue reading →

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POINTS TO PONDER

Moses was so perplexed by the mission God had given him, he just wanted to know more about God. So in Exodus 33:13 Moses says to God, “Teach me the way You do things. I want to know You.” So … Continue reading →

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SERENDIPITY FOR SATURDAY

A few months ago as I listened to a Gospel radio station a song came on with a beautiful melody, but the lyrics contained an obvious contradiction about God. The line that caught my attention went: “He forgives and forgets…” … Continue reading →

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF – Every time Jewish believers sit down to eat the Passover Meal, after pouring the second cup of wine to commemorate their escape from Egyptian bondage and the story of the Passover is retold, they … Continue reading →

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

DID YOU KNOW HE CARES – When the Jewish exiles returned from captivity in Babylon and Persia, they were so grateful for what God had done that they couldn’t help but joyfully express their praise and thanksgiving. While sitting in … Continue reading →

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

DARING TO BE DIFFERENT – Many of the psalm writers found that it provided a great opportunity to teach life’s lessons through the lyrics of a song. In many cultures that’s how children learned the alphabet. For such psalmists, the … Continue reading →

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

ALIVE TO BE ALIVE – The ten tribes of Israel had been through so much since the collapse of Solomon’s kingdom and the resulting disintegration of unity between themselves and Judah. Finding this divided nation now weak and without a … Continue reading →

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

COMPLIMENTS CAN BE CONSOLING – David certainly went through many trials and tribulations on his way to becoming king. He surely had a number of distractors and critics, but he also had those who stood with him and encouraged him … Continue reading →

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POINTS TO PONDER

I wonder how many Christians celebrate the day they were born-again into Christ, the same way they celebrate the day they were born into this world? It would be fantastic if Hallmark came out with birthday cards for Christians to … Continue reading →

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