Category Archives: Bible

Return to Sender (James 5:13-20)

Posted on May 1, 2019 by salooper57

http://lockwoodchurch.org/media In James 5:13-20 we see that the life that is “finished and whole” (James 1:4) is one where God is our center. Whatever’s going on at the periphery of our lives – whether really bad or really good, calm … Continue reading →

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IF: An Easter Message

Posted on April 24, 2019 by salooper57

Our “If only” regrets are not always about what we have done or not done. Sometimes they are about what God has done or, especially, not done. Continue reading →

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Understanding Your Calling

Posted on April 18, 2019 by salooper57

But nowhere in the Bible do we find God calling people by saying, “I have a no-hassle life-plan for self-fulfillment, and it has your name on it. Continue reading →

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Can’t Wait to Be Patient: A look at James 5:7-12

Posted on April 16, 2019 by salooper57

God is not willing to sacrifice your future to ease your present … He will make things right; you can depend on it. But, better by far, he will make you right – just don’t short-circuit what he is doing. You must be patient. You must trust him. Continue reading →

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Tower of Babel

Posted on April 11, 2019 by salooper57

No matter what materials humanity uses to build that bridge – social engineering, religion, education, morality – none will reach nearly far enough. If a bridge is to be built, God must build it. Continue reading →

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Religion Is Not an End in Itself

Posted on April 6, 2019 by salooper57

That is analogous to telling someone in Iowa that to get to the intersection of Forest Drive and Hicks Avenue in Annapolis, Maryland they must go east. It’s not that it isn’t true; it just isn’t very helpful. Continue reading →

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The Rebellion in the Garden

Posted on March 19, 2019 by salooper57

What happened in the garden was not simply wrong, it was rebellion. Continue reading →

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Dying of Loneliness: Faith Without Works

Posted on March 14, 2019 by salooper57

http://lockwoodchurch.org/media A sermon on James 2:14-26 (25 minutes).

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The Story’s Told That Adam Jumped (But I’m Thinking That He Fell)

Posted on March 12, 2019 by salooper57

In our world, we have beauty and cruelty, hand in hand; wisdom and insanity, side by side. We have the glory of Bach coming out of Weimar, and the barbarity of Hitler coming out of the Weimar Republic. There is … Continue reading →

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Something Has Gone Dreadfully Wrong

Posted on March 7, 2019 by salooper57

“We often talk of man’s ‘bestial’ cruelty, but that is. . . insulting to beasts. . .” – Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Continue reading →

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