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Hurry Up!

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Don Merritt

Hurry up!  Time is of the essence!  Let’s go, go, go!  Get things done!  Time to run! I’m late!  Rush, rush, rush! Urgent! Move it! Get the lead out! Everybody’s always in a big rush, have you noticed that?  I … Continue reading →

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Sexuality, Celibacy and Marriage: Introduction

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Don Merritt

1 Corinthians 7 Chapter 7 is a new section, the third in this letter. We can be certain that a new section has begun because Paul says in verse 1: Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good … Continue reading →

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This is the Gospel

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Don Merritt

Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: June 15, 2025

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Don Merritt

This message follows from my last one covering Romans 12:1-2 and you can read it here. Romans 12:3-8 Paul set out his proposition in verses 1-2, that we offer ourselves as living sacrifices and be transformed by the renewing of … Continue reading →

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The Path of Life

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Don Merritt

The path of life is not a wide one that is full of traffic and congestion, it is quieter than that.  It isn’t a great highway; it seems to me that it’s more like a quiet country lane… As you … Continue reading →

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Paul’s Conclusion

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Don Merritt

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy … Continue reading →

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Making Peace

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Don Merritt

 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 Last time, we had a … Continue reading →

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Settling Disputes

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Don Merritt

1Corinthians 6:1-11 This is a strange passage, not because of its content, but because of its placement in context. Paul has been talking about sexual immorality in the church at Corinth, and here he jumps into what seems to be … Continue reading →

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God of the Living

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Don Merritt

As we go through our days, we have a God who is concerned about us and who knows our names.  He loves each one of us, He wants only the best for us, and He wants each one of us … Continue reading →

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Paul Continues…

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Don Merritt

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been … Continue reading →

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