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James Closes His Letter

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Don Merritt

James 5:13-20 In concluding his letter, James speaks on prayer in the only passage in his letter that doesn’t have a direct parallel in the Sermon on the Mount. Actually, this is one of the strongest statements concerning the power … Continue reading →

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Simplicity, Naïveté and the Ways of God

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Don Merritt

Recently a friend of mine was speaking with a small group of people; they were asking him questions about various things. One of them asked him what kind of programs and outreach activities he thought would best help a church … Continue reading →

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“Above all”

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Don Merritt

James 5:7-12 This passage opens with the words, “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters…” (James 5:7a) and to really lock our understanding of it up, we should look at the word “then.” The Greek word here is ounwhich means “then, therefore, … Continue reading →

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The role of feelings and emotions

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Don Merritt

In most cases, our feelings and emotions don’t help us to make the right choices when we have been wronged. In such cases anger, outrage and hurt are normal and sensible reactions, but as experience teaches us, these usually fade … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: April 20, 2025

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Don Merritt

Resurrection Sunday 2025 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of … Continue reading →

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Great Days!

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Don Merritt

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?And if I go … Continue reading →

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The Love of… Stuff

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Don Merritt

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Reflections

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Don Merritt

This post may not be for the faint of heart: Consider yourselves warned! No, it doesn’t contain gratuitous descriptions of torture, violence or executions designed to illicit guilt, but it does contain a challenge! Why are so many Christians going … Continue reading →

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Priorities

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Don Merritt

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? … Continue reading →

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It’s not what it appears to be!

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Don Merritt

I was really pleased at the way this picture turned out; what a beautiful old home! Don’t you get a sense of the charm of yesteryear when you look at it?  It just oozes the best of late Victorian living… … Continue reading →

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