Monthly Archives: July 2015

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Jump Start # 1396

Jump Start # 1396 Philemon 9 “yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.”   In the short and personal letter from Paul to Philemon, the slave owner, whose possession, Onesimus, ran away, we learn many lessons […]

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Jump Start # 1395

Jump Start # 1395 2 Timothy 2:2 “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”   Once in a while, and not every often at that, a person experiences something so special that it is nearly […]

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Jump Start # 1394

Jump Start # 1394 Luke 10:35 “On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.”   Our passage today comes from the wonderful story we know as the good Samaritan. This […]

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Jump Start # 1393

Jump Start # 1393 Hebrews 2:16 “For assuredly He does not hive help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.”   Angels have always been a curiosity among many folks. Gift stores sell figurines of angels. Most of those are wearing white, with wings and are either females or chubby little […]

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Jump Start # 1392

Jump Start # 1392 2 Timothy 2:15 “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.”   It happened again. It didn’t just happen again, but exactly two weeks in a row. Another Sunday, and another dear friend and godly […]