Posts with the category “christian-life”

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Thoughts On The Asbury Revival
February 25th, 2023
For over two weeks there has been a “revival” at Asbury College. What started out as a normal chapel service has turned into a worldwide phenomenon. Fox News reported, “The movement began after studen...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Something Un-Grammy
February 16th, 2023
The 63rd Grammys just came and went this past week, but not without a lot of controversy and headline news. It is not every day that politicians take the time to comment on something like an award sho...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Happy Four Chaplains Day
February 16th, 2023
Did you miss the holiday this past week? Is February 3rd marked red in your calendar? Did you even know it was a day that commemorated anything? Neither did I! Yet every February 3rd is remembered as ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Encouragement On Reading Your Bible
January 11th, 2023
It is usually this time of year that people think about starting new and fresh. New Year’s brings about a feeling of starting over. Whether it is life goals, getting healthier or working on your relat...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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A Festival Del Cristo Negro
October 6th, 2022
In Panama there is a Catholic celebration called Festival del Cristo Negro. Thousands of people make a pilgrimage to see a black Jesus statue. According to Wikipedia, “The statue is a wooden statue of...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Reflections On Royalty
September 13th, 2022
The world took a pause this week in response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Her death has brought the English monarchy into the spotlight as her eldest son Charles becomes King. The Wall Street J...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Sending Help
August 14th, 2022
The state of Kentucky has been in the news over the past week due to historic flooding in the area. Other states such as Ohio and West Virginia have also been affected, but Kentucky has taken the brun...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Can I Say Vomit In Church?
June 26th, 2022
Like a dog that returns to his vomit, is a fool who repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26:11) A verse like this could make some Christians cringe. Vomit is so improper and dirty to have in the Bible. In ou...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Love Eternal
June 14th, 2022
Ever go through periods of your life where you question God’s love? Maybe you just don’t feel it or sense it? Or you think He is not happy with you at this moment? He is instead frustrated or aggravat...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Communion Or Lord's Supper?
June 11th, 2022
I remember sitting in the back of the classroom. There were two other students with me at the table. It was the third grade at Our Lady of Pompeii. We three were the outliers of the class. The teacher...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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The Blame Game
May 29th, 2022
 I remember sitting in class hearing the same theme over and over again. It kept creeping up in all of my criminal justice courses. At first I didn't recognize it, but it became more and more apparent...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Angry Pizza
March 5th, 2022
I could smell it as I was driving down the road. The cheese! The pepperoni! And the banana peppers! I could see it in my mind. How picture perfect it would look!! The cheese melted. The crust is the r...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Film Session
February 12th, 2022
What kind of films do you like? Action, drama, horror, romance, comedy? We all like various film styles for various reasons. My favorite film style is noir. No, that is not a misspelling. My favorite...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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The Purpose Of Church
January 4th, 2022
 On Sunday December 19 the First Baptist Church of Dallas had a Christmas celebration during their service. According to Pastor Robert Jeffress, “The focus of the music and message this Sunday will be...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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The Most Difficult Thing To Do
November 23rd, 2021
Think of something that is very difficult for you. It will be different things for different people. Maybe you have difficulty with mechanical things. So your lawnmower won't start and you don’t even ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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For You Are Dust
November 8th, 2021
The story of the apostles in the boat with Jesus when a storm came is very popular. There have been many articles, books, Sunday school lessons and sermons on this story. We have focused a lot on the ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Thoughts On 9/11
September 13th, 2021
It is one of those events that you will never forget if you were alive when it happened. My parents talked about the day Kennedy was assassinated. Grandparents talked about the day Japan attacked Pear...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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In Closing
August 26th, 2021
 A number of years ago I was challenged to end our morning services differently than how I was doing it. We always closed with a prayer and then a hymn. But there still has to be something more. It is...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Stop Freaking Out!
July 13th, 2021
A couple of weeks ago christian musician Matthew West came out with a new song titled “Modest Is Hottest”. It was a cute, funny song about an overprotective father not wanting his teenage daughter to...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Day Of The Christian Martyr
July 3rd, 2021
This post was written by Rebekah Bove. Rebekah is a member of our church and a full time missionary for the International Mission Board. This Tuesday, June 29, 2021, has been set apart by believers na...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Keep Watch For Christ's Return
June 17th, 2021
Last week I started this series of articles by showing how the Bible tells us to watch out for many different things. One of the things the Bible tells us to watch out for is the second coming of Chri...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Keep Watch!
June 8th, 2021
Ever look up and see people looking down? No matter what they are doing or where they are going, they are in this permanent bent neck position always looking downward. With everyone and their kid sis...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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It's Good To Be Greedy Part 4
June 4th, 2021
In the previous three articles we have been looking at Jesus’ teaching on treasures in heaven. in Matthew chapter 6, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and w...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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It's Good To Be Greedy Part 3
April 26th, 2021
The previous two articles we have been looking at Jesus’ teaching on treasures in heaven. in Matthew chapter 6, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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It's Good To Be Greedy Part 2
April 21st, 2021
In the last article we started looking at the passage in Matthew chapter 6, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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It's Good To Be Greedy Part 1
April 16th, 2021
In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is in the middle of His sermon on the mount. The sermon has direct principles to live by for those that are citizens of God’s kingdom. In chapter four we are told about how ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Trust In The Lord
April 4th, 2021
It was the middle of the night during the spring. The city was busy and bustling because of the annual holiday. The governor was in his home. It was a warm night and all he wanted to do was get some s...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Is This Real?
March 29th, 2021
The story goes that in a college philosophy class a student got up to ask the professor a question. “How do I know that I am really here?” asked the student. He thought he had a clever question about ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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The Devil's Holidays
March 14th, 2021
William Gurnall wrote a masterful work on the armor of God that has been in print for hundreds of years. One of the things that he addresses in the book are the seasons in which the devil tempts us. H...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Did You Hear From God? Part 2
February 18th, 2021
In my last article I had shown that the Bible is the main source that we turn to ,to hear from God. We do not rely on dreams, prophecies, “open doors”, the peaceful feeling inside etc. Now there is th...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Valentine's Day
February 14th, 2021
Valentine's Day is a day for love. It is often remarked as a Hallmark Holiday with inference of it being a money maker for card and chocolate companies. If you don’t give a valentine card to your sign...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Did You Hear From God?
February 11th, 2021
I sometimes get asked what I think about dreams or visions. Do they mean anything? Is God trying to tell us something through them? How do we interpret them? Or what about prophesying? Can people prop...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Worship Is A Weakness?
January 12th, 2021
Recently Relevant Magazine interviewed Pastor Rick Warren about Covid-19 and the church. In the interview Warren said that the pandemic has revealed a big problem in the church...we focus too much on ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Profiling And Dividing
December 8th, 2020
Think about your identity. How do you identify yourself? Think about how we identify others. “Oh he is a doctor.” or “She is a lawyer.”, “Suzie is the wife of Bob and a stay at home mom of 3.”, “He’s ...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Happy Reformation Day
November 1st, 2020
October 31, 1517. A German Agustinian Monk walked to All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The monk had a hammer, nails and a scroll in his hands as he approached the large wooden doors. Unrolling...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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God Was Not Satisfied?
October 28th, 2020
One of my favorite hymns is “ In Christ Alone”.While searching the internet for various versions of the song I came across an old internet article about it being eliminated from a hymnal. Supposedly t...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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We Are Basically All Holy
October 23rd, 2020
This past week congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sounded off in disgust after the first day of Supreme Court hearings to confirm nominee Amy Coney Barrett. She said on her twitter account that, “...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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Resolving The Parenting Crisis
October 3rd, 2020
In a recent opinion column in the Washington Post, David Byler makes the argument that more needs to be done by the government for the current parenting crisis. He says, “America is in a parenting cri...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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How Can I Know My Spiritual Gift?
September 3rd, 2020
We have seen over the last few articles the Bible’s teaching on serving God. To summarize what we have learned so far; you are to serve Him, in His church, by the power of His Spirit, through the gif...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow
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How Do We Serve?
July 29th, 2020
We have seen over the last few articles the Bible’s teaching on serving Him. Last time we answered the question of why we should serve. In this article we will look at how we should serve Him. God’s w...  Read More
by Clint Fingerlow