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Sunday Class Notes: June 3

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Don Merritt

Humility Exemplified Today’s Text               John 13:1-17 Introduction   This is the beginning of the second section of John’s Gospel; there are no more scenes of Jesus teaching the crowds.  The pattern of chapters 2-12 where there is a miracle or … Continue reading →

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Morning’s Stillness

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Don Merritt

Maybe I’m just a morning person, maybe you think I’m nuts, but morning is my favorite time of day.  I think it’s worth it to enjoy the stillness of the early morning light.  I took this photo the other day … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Tierra Linda

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Don Merritt

Over the Memorial Day weekend I had an opportunity to visit Tierra Linda near Galena, Illinois.  Tierra Linda is a bed and breakfast, but unlike the ones I have visited in the past, there are no antiques, no crystal glasses … Continue reading →

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One of Those Days

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Don Merritt

Have you ever had a day like this poor brother?  I know I have! In his case, he wandered too close to a group of playing children and got knocked over, losing his head…  Oh yes, there are days like … Continue reading →

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The Narrow Door

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” (Luke 13:24) Most everyone knows this passage (Luke 13:22-30) in which Jesus uses the metaphor of the … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Don Merritt

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.” Aldous Huxley

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Remembering John F. Kennedy

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Don Merritt

Today John F. Kennedy would be 95 years of age; hard to imagine… Of course I’d rather be writing about how he was planning to celebrate today that having to remember him… Mr. Kennedy inspired a Nation with his unusual … Continue reading →

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Not Forgotten

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Don Merritt

Today is Memorial Day in the USA, a day in which Americans pause to honor those men and women who have given “their last full measure of devotion” for our freedom and liberty.  All Americans, and even many others in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Class Notes: May 27

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Don Merritt

The Hour has Come   Today’s Text               John 12:20-35 Introduction We pick up the story after Jesus has enteredJerusalem; His “Triumphal Entry”.  The news of His having raised Lazarus has spread like wildfire through the region and people are flocking … Continue reading →

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Quiet Lives

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Don Merritt

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not … Continue reading →

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