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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:17-18 The Consumer Electronics Show gave an award to a Bluetooth-connected water bottle. Its built-in speaker plays music, takes and receives phone calls, and offers caller ID. It also recognized a countertop dishwasher that requires no plumbing connections; you load your dishes, add a gallon of water, and turn it on. And […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:19-20 It’s been another challenging week in the news. Lightning struck a tree at the Tour Championship in Atlanta yesterday. It exploded, injuring six spectators with debris. A New York Times article warned us that if the Yellowstone supervolcano were to erupt, it would be “like nothing humanity has ever experienced.” It […]
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Topical Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10–15 Labor Day is the day when we do the opposite of what the name says. It’s a bit oxymoronic, like “jumbo shrimp” or “plastic silverware.” Nonetheless, it’s good to have a day not to labor. But the day will soon be over, and the world will be waiting when we […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:21–24 Ryan Diviney was a star athlete in high school before enrolling in West Virginia University in Morgantown. He planned to go into law and dreamed of becoming a judge or even a US senator. On November 7, 2009, he and a friend got into a verbal altercation with some young men […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30 When we follow Jesus, we die to the old life and live only for the new. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us how to live this new life, the biblical worldview, the life of a disciple. Today he deals with sexual sin and adultery. Is this an issue […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:31-32 Today we return to the Sermon on the Mount and find ourselves standing before one of the most difficult subjects in all of Scripture and life today: divorce. Every one of us has experienced divorce or known someone affected directly by it. Let’s ask the Lord our most common questions about […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37 Many years ago, I learned how to cuss and be a Baptist preacher: use Babylonian kings’ names. When you miss a three-foot putt say “Belshazzer!” When someone cuts you off on the interstate say “Nebuchadnezzar!” It works. Jesus wants to talk with us about our language today. And we need the […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42 Natural disasters have dominated the headlines this week. Wildfires are burning in California. Power has been cut to as many as three million customers as officials try to prevent further incidents that would make the fires even worse. A tornado roared through Dallas last Sunday, causing $2 billion in losses. And […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:43–48 Richard Steve Moser III of Cincinnati went to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles last year to get his driver’s license renewed. The problem was, he claimed to be a Pastafarian, otherwise known as the satirical “Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.” He thus insisted on wearing a spaghetti colander on […]
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