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Author: Jan Withers

Be Still and Know

For Lutherans, Halloween is a significant holiday.  It was on the Hallowed Evening before All Saints' Day in 1517 that an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed a parchment of 95 debate proposals to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.  This event sparked a Reformation over long-simmering
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The Eye of the Needle

Harder for a rich man to get into heaven than to squeeze a camel through the eye of a needle? That was the Lord’s comment to his disciples when a rich young man couldn’t turn loose of his possessions. Was the Lord against wealth, or did he have something entirely different in mind?
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Seek First the Kingdom of God

Everyone has a worry list–things that concern them.  There are lots of things in this world that we don’t like.  There are lots of things that God doesn’t like.  Who is going to do something about it?  The Bible tells us to seek first the kingdom of God.  Jesus told a group of scribes and […]
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