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Quote of the Week

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Don Merritt

Quote of the Week “The State is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.”  Frederic Bastiat  

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Sunday Bible Study: January 1

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Don Merritt

Happy New Year! John’s Testimony Today’s Text: John 1:19-34 Introduction   Many scholars consider this section to be a second introduction to John’s Gospel, bringing the first section of a Heavenly view down to an earthly witness of the one … Continue reading →

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Press On!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Don Merritt

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God … Continue reading →

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Time for a new beginning

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Don Merritt

With Christmas past and the new year looming, all of us have the opportunity to make a new start.  Most of us have areas of our lives that we aren’t entirely satisfied with, why keep doing the same things? I’m … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Don Merritt

“Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” – James Madison, “Father of the Constitution”

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To be great

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Don Merritt

… is to be humble: “The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:11-12) We usually don’t think of the greatest in our … Continue reading →

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Let’s Fix the Super Bowl!

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Don Merritt

I am a football fan, and I particularly enjoy College football, that is until we get around to the championship game; that’s when I start to wonder about things.  This year is different! After listening to the commentators on the … Continue reading →

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That Christmas Feeling

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Don Merritt

How I love that Christmas feeling How I treasure its friendly glow See the way a stranger greets you Just as though you’d met him Christmases ago Christmas helps you to remember To do what other folks hold dear What … Continue reading →

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George Washington: We Miss You

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Don Merritt

George Washington is without doubt the most important man in the establishment of America.  He has often been called by historians “the indispensable man’.  This remains true even in spite of a more modern round of revisionism that seeks to relegate … Continue reading →

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Quoye of the Week

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Don Merritt

“It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.” Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S.Supreme Court

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