Monthly Archives: October 2013

Sunday Class Notes: October 20

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Don Merritt

Understanding Prophetic Texts Today’s Text Matthew 24:29-33 III. How can we understand this? Methodology Today we have a difficult bit of text to consider and I thought that it would be useful to many readers to discuss at the beginning how … Continue reading →

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Fast and Loose with the Bible

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Don Merritt

“You can use the Bible to prove anything you want!” Have you ever heard that one?  I bet you have.  It is one of the most common criticisms of the Bible from non-believers, and sadly from a fair number of … Continue reading →

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Stillness

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Don Merritt

in the early morning stillness, when the mists are still upon the land, when the uncertainty of a new day is at hand, He is there.  When I don’t know where to turn, when I don’t know how to cope, … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Leader?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Don Merritt

We live in a time when there just don’t seem to be any leaders out there, but then people have been saying that for centuries.  Yet throughout history, leaders will emerge periodically, sometimes almost from nowhere.  These great leaders are … Continue reading →

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Children of God

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Don Merritt

We often speak of “God’s children” lightly.  We say things like, “well, we’re all God’s children” meaning that we are somehow all the same and so we should be nice to one another; that is surely the case, but it … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Bible Reading

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Don Merritt

For this post, I’d like to make a distinction between Bible study and Bible reading. Today, our journey is not about study, which will come later, but about reading God’s Word in a very special way. Our journey picks up right after … Continue reading →

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Come and See!

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Don Merritt

Come and see what God has done,     his awesome deeds for mankind! Psalm 66:5 God has done amazing for all of us and we should all be glad.  He has created an amazing world for us to explore, He has blessed … Continue reading →

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Disciple: Early Steps

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Don Merritt

It really doesn’t matter how long we have been following Jesus Christ, even if it is decades, we will always be moving and building our own level of discipleship.  Put another way, following Jesus is a lifelong quest.  That quest … Continue reading →

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Anything Amiss?

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Don Merritt

Have you ever noticed that something always seems to come up to cause a problem?  The day can be cooking along just great, everything’s perfect and then… Sometimes somebody says something off the wall, maybe a rude clerk or whatever, … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Personal Prayer

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Don Merritt

The Journey is an exploration of my spiritual condition and practices based upon the proposition that:  We can only disciple other people through the overflowing of our own discipleship. So it follows that it would be wise to examine our … Continue reading →

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