Tag: Marshall County

Delegated Authority in the Gadsden Mall

In the gospel of Luke, there are two folks who are shown the infant Jesus when Joseph and Mary brought him there.  Simeon had the Holy Spirit (he must have been a prophet under Old Testament parameters) and was told he would not die until he saw the Lord’s Christ (Luke 2:26).  Anna worshipped the…

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What I Owe You

(This is my church’s newsletter article for our October edition) Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.  Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  And God is able…

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3:40 a.m.

My eyes popped open at 3:40 a.m.  When this has happened in the past, I got up to go to the bathroom.  This time, I sensed that I ought to pray in the Spirit and then to move to the living room to pray out loud and to praise His name.  Prayer was an obvious…

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The Name

I feel the need to explain the name of my blog. When I was on leave of absence from pastoral ministry back in the turn of the century, I had several employers.  One of these was a hotel in Tuscaloosa.  During my leave I went from not reading the Bible at all to taking a…

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