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Telling the story of Christmas
Date: 12/19/2012
How do you tell the Christmas story to a group of people who are intellectually disabled? Of course, this is a dilemma no matter where your ministry lies. If you are a parent, can you make the story fresh to your growing brood? If you preach to a congregation of 10,000, what is the method you will use to keep the message relevant while remain true to the gospel message? Each year I try to f ...
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Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Date: 12/18/2012
At Special Gathering, which is a ministry within the mentally challenged community, we have several activities to celebrate the birth of the Savior. My favorite is our Happy Birthday, Jesus Party. Our members bring food. There is a birthday cake. We feast, sing "Happy Birthday" and retell the story of the birth of God's son. It is the timeless recounting of God's great love for mankind wh ...
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Purchasing time
Date: 12/17/2012
There are few times of the year that present the Church with a greater degree of purchasing power than the time from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. I’m actually not thinking about purchasing gifts or other stuff but purchasing a more valuable commodity–time. During these weeks, as we abandon our vocations in order to celebrate the birth of Christ, time can seem to slow to a creep as we s ...
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Face to face with God
Date: 12/14/2012
In ancient times, few people were given the privilege of seeing God. While we aren't told that Abraham actually saw God face to face, we know that God valued Abraham so much that he was called "the friend of God." It was an amazing closeness. However, for the Hebrews to acknowledge that a man would have friendship with their G-d was not even logical. Jehovah's name alone was so holy that t ...
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The Star
Date: 12/05/2012
As Pastor Iman passed Eric who paced back and forth at the back of the room, the pastor asked the young man, “What part do have in the play?” “I’m the star,” Eric said, scratching his head and facing the inquiring man. “Oh, that’s great but what is your part?” “I’m the star,” Eric repeated, patiently. “I know you are the star; but what is the part you are playing tonight?” Eric’s autis ...
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Call your Congressional Representative
Date: 11/30/2012
It was a happy day when I mentioned to a person who works at Congressman Posey's office about my AT&T phone problem. "Oh, no," the Congressman's helpful office manager, Pam Gillespie, said. "It is a federal law that you must be able to transfer your number to your new carrier. They are breaking FCC rules." For over a month, I'd been fighting with a slew of AT&T representatives to ...
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Value of Repetition Part 2
Date: 11/30/2012
Martin Luther has been quoted (or probably misquoted) as saying, "I've read the Bible once. I don't need to read it again." The life of Luther disavows this ascertion because it was his study of the scriptures that led him to faith in Christ. His last note scribbled on a scrap of paper while he lay on his death bed was an exhortation to study the Bible with a humble heart. As a young woman ...
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The value of repetition
Date: 11/29/2012
For years, one of our Bible teachers at Special Gathering reviewed the same Bible verse with his class every week. ”I will pray morning, noon and night.” As the first five years rolled around, I became a bit disturbed. Doesn’t he know any other verses? I asked myself. Then I came to welcome the value of what he was teaching his class. The learning abilities of this class of adults were ...
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