by casagrandechurchofchristblogs | Nov 16, 2019 | Everyday Life, Faith, Peace, Thanksgiving
From the Preacher’s Pen… Do you enjoy reading and/or hearing a good story? Many of us learn to love stories as we hear them, perhaps at bedtime, growing up. Many of us have sweet memories of sharing stories with our children as they grew up. Let me ask a slightly...
by casagrandechurchofchristblogs | Oct 18, 2019 | Baptism, Conversion, Everyday Life, Forgiveness
From the Preacher’s Pen… One of the things that we tend to do with words is to adapt a word to use for our own meanings. As a result, that particular word may mean something different to us than to others in our culture. For example, carbonated beverages may be called...
by casagrandechurchofchristblogs | Oct 7, 2019 | blessings, Everyday Life, God, Heart, Holy Spirit, Spirituality
From the Preacher’s Pen… There are so very many things about God that we fail to understand! Even when God does reveal a portion to us as human beings it is difficult to fully appreciate it. Still, it is important that we keep looking and learning. After all, can you...
by casagrandechurchofchristblogs | Aug 16, 2019 | Church, Evangelism, Everyday Life, Falling Away, good works, Love, Spirituality
From the Preacher’s Pen… There’s an old saying that you are either part of the solution or part of the problem. Jesus put it a bit more bluntly, He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters (Matthew 12:30). The spiritual side of...
by casagrandechurchofchristblogs | Jul 27, 2019 | blessings, Everyday Life, family, Heart, Love
From the Preacher’s Pen… Our look at several of God’s gifts to us continues. The gift of labor helps us to find value as we grow and learn. Friendship teaches us to be a part of a team that we might accomplish more together than separately, and money teaches us what...
by casagrandechurchofchristblogs | Jun 30, 2019 | blessings, Everyday Life, Joy
From the Preacher’s Pen… As we continue our look at several of God’s gifts to us as human beings, remember what we’ve already seen. The gift of labor helps us to find value even as we grow and learn. Friendship teaches us to be a part of a team that we might...