It's the rest of the story and it's for those of us who have never seen Jesus walking around in our neighborhood (and for those who've seen Him in a tortilla or on a Pizza Hut billboard).  After Thomas said to and about Jesus, My Lord and my God! Jesus replied, Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed (John 20:29).  I say, ...

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After last week's message, someone asked me about a certain passage of scripture that is often interpreted as Jesus' "trip to hell." The passage, 1 Peter 3:18-20 says,  For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also He went and preached to the spirits ...

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Thanks for hanging in there (those of you who did) for all three weeks of our series on Money and possessions.  And yes, last weekend's services are the only ones where we'll EVER trade one hundred dollar bills for tens (sorry).  The connection between our walk with Jesus and our money and possessions, however, remains.  As the old quote goes, "Show me your checkbook and I'll show you what's really ...

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"God said to me, 'I'm going to evangelize China, and if you'll walk with Me, I will do it through you.'" --Hudson Taylor I hope you enjoyed our Walking Into a New Year series. Can you believe the first month of 2008 is (almost) over? God already has some great things planned for this year--and if you'll walk with Him this year, those plans will be manifested through you!!  Don't miss ...

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A couple of quick things caught my attention as I reflected on this week's message.  It is absolutely amazing that Jesus, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Creator of all things, would focus His life on you and me.  Quite frankly, most "really important" people don't seem to have time for me--and actually I can't blame them, why should they?  As Mike and Sallie sang Sunday morning, "Who am ...

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Happy New Year--and here's my resolution, my only resolution: I'm going to keep the blog up to date; and here's a suggestion of a possible resolution for you: read the blog, if I keep it up to date.  So, here I go, keeping my resolution  . . . Someone reminded me this morning (honestly I didn't think about it) that today was our one year anniversary at First B.  They told me, ...

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