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“Teaching, Preaching and Reaching For Christ”

THE GIVING SEASON We have entered into what some call “The Giving Season.” This season is generally the last five or six of weeks of the year. More specifically, it begins Thanksgiving and continues through New Year’s Day. During this time of year, people are more inclined to give and share in charities and with…

NOW WHAT??? By now, you have had turkey breast, turkey sandwiches and turkey salad. In fact, you have probably eaten so much turkey that last night you let loose a gobble. As well, you have probably eaten so much Thanksgiving leftovers that you refuse to open the refrigerator door. In fact, you do not even…

FOR WHAT WHOM AM I THANKFUL? What we know today as Thanksgiving Day, is recorded as having been a harvest festival held in the fall of 1621. At this festival, the newly arrived European settlers [the Pilgrims] invited the indigenous people of this country [the Indians] to attend the feast. From that celebration, on Thursday,…

Acts 16:20 20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city.” Acts 17:6 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here…