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John Calvin told me something scary this morning. Really scary. I was on my second cup of coffee, watching the rain cascade down, and Calvin says this… The most hurtful of all plagues in the congregation, the deadliest of all poisons in the ch…

These verses spoke to me this morning. I had Luke six open next to my waffles and coffee. I am going to be thinking about these verses all day long and longer than that. Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. Give, and it will be give…

I got called a physical therapist. Tuesday I was visiting two of our older members in their assisted living facility. They are long time members. Clyde W. recently told me that the first Sunday he came to RBC he was in a Ford Model T. That was som…

Several of our leaders climbed in to the church van Tuesday night and headed to Maryland for the WorshipGod conference. http://worshipgodconference.com/ The conference is the outgrowth of Bob Kauflin’s ministry. Bob Kauflin is the dire…

If you want to understand and overcome the fear of man, read these stories, observe, and learn. The fear of man caused some serious problems in these stories… Abraham handed his wife over to dangerous men in Genesis 12:10-15 Peter succum…

The highest happiness consists in holiness. This will make a man happy without anything else. But no other enjoyments or privileges whatsoever will make a man happy without this. Jonathan Edwards

It’s not every day that dear friends sell the house, pack up and move across the country in order to be together. Joe and Makeesha did that a few years ago, heading out here from Washington. They have since moved back to Washington but …

I appreciated these thoughts about capitalism from a lecture on economics by Michael Novak. They fit in with what I believe about man being made in the image of God and being given the task of cultivating and filling the earth. Democracy, Winst…

These come from Lou Priolo’s book: I go fishing for compliments. I value the approval of certain individuals from whom I expect to receive certain honors more than the approval of others from whom I expect not to receive such honors. I wo…

I know of two fine books about overcoming the fear of man. People Pleasing by Lou Priolo When People are Big and God is Small by Edward Welch Here are some blurbs: Full of Scripture and challenging to the reader, Pleasing People takes aim at …