Monthly Archives: July 2014

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Jump Start # 1151

Jump Start # 1151 Matthew 16:23 “But He turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”   Our verse today is found in that powerful 16th chapter of Matthew. It is here that we find […]

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Jump Start # 1150

Jump Start # 1150 Matthew 10:2-4 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, […]

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Jump Start # 1149

Jump Start # 1149 Matthew 23:23  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.   Matthew 23 is a tough chapter. […]

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Jump Start # 1148

Jump Start # 1148 John 8:2 “Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.”   Yesterday, I started with this verse in one of my sermons. What follows is the sad story of a woman being […]

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Jump Start # 1147

Jump Start # 1147 Psalms 118:24 “This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”   Our verse today reflects two thoughts that the Psalmist had. First, he recognized that the day was a gift from the Lord. The Lord, he said, has made this day. Today […]