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what_would_jesus_think
WHAT WOULD JESUS THINK?
You know what the letters “WWJD” mean right?  They stand for “What Would Jesus Do?”  But do you know the history of this?  How long ago do you think it was when this phrase was first coined?...
should_we_give_money_to_beggars
SHOULD WE GIVE MONEY TO BEGGARS?
I am sure you have seen people on the street asking for money.  Sometimes the person has a sign that they hold up.  Sometimes there is a child with them, or a pet.  Sometimes the person...
noah_revisited
NOAH REVISITED
Do you want to know what the problem with children’s Sunday School is?  It’s that you get certain bible stories ingrained in you, and you hear them so often that you believe you know everything about...
holy
HOLY
Let’s begin by reviewing three bible verses.  Take a look and then see if you can tell me what they each have in common. Exodus 3:4-5   4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,...
Judith
JUDITH
Are you familiar with the Accelerated Reader system?  This is a system put in place in some elementary schools in an effort to get more kids to read.  In this system books are assigned a point...
what_is_love
WHAT IS LOVE?
Rare is the person who enjoyed writing definitions in school.  I know I didn’t care for it.  The whole thing just seemed so tedious.  It felt almost like a punishment, something akin to...
the_curse_of_knowledge
THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE
Jeanne Robertson was an athlete, comedian, and all-around good person. I had the pleasure of hearing her speak several years ago. I think her most famous story is the “seven-up” pound cake story. I’ll...
change
CHANGE
How many of you every owned or operated a Polaroid camera?  They were all the rage “back in the day.”  Those cameras allowed people to almost instantly see the pictures they took, rather than...
the_perfect_lesson
THE PERFECT LESSON
What if you could go back in time and be a participant in any part of the bible?  What part would you choose to witness?  There are definitely some things I would not like to be a part of, but I can think...
three_questions
THREE QUESTIONS
Three Questions Remember when you were in school?  You started out in grade school (or kindergarten, etc.) of course.  Think back for a minute.  What was it like?  What kind of “classes”...