Monthly Archives: December 2017

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Jump Start # 1996

Jump Start # 1996   Acts 8:2 “And some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.”   His name was Wayland. I never got the chance to meet him on this side of life. He was good, faithful and godly. He served with honor as a shepherd for a church in Texas. […]

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Jump Start # 1995

Jump Start # 1995 Ezekiel 34:4 “Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have your sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.” Our verse today is […]

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Jump Start # 1994

Jump Start # 1994 2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” I was reading about President Garfield the other day. His fellowship was within the Christian Church/churches of Christ. He was a preacher before the Civil War and frequently worshipped […]

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Jump Start #1993

Jump Start # 1993 Luke 14:27 “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.” Many years ago I taught a class about the times when Jesus said, “No.” I called it, “The No’s of Jesus.” One person thought I meant the NOSE of Jesus. He said, “I’ve heard […]

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Jump Start # 1992

Jump Start # 1992 1 John 3:17 “But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? We are in the season of giving. People tend to be more generous at the holiday times than other times. It […]