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William Hodgson: Preparing the soil
In July, still remembering the birth of our nation, there are thoughts of Patriotism and what it means for us today.

Rich Cummings: How will you use your freedom?
The value of freedom can be assessed in various ways and tends to increase when it is threatened or becomes scarce.

Jeff Fugitt: Will you choose wisdom, or gold?
On Father’s Day, I was thinking of my dad. I was blessed to have had a good dad, and I am grateful for that. He was a Baptist pastor, so I grew up listening to him speak often, typically twice every Sunday and once on Wednesday.

Nathan Toon: To the glory of God
All things happen according to the glory of God.

Scott Mitchell: Why did Jesus speak in parables?
One of the most awesome aspects of Jesus’ preaching is His common use of parables — simple, everyday stories that carried profound spiritual truths.

Randy Crane: Living the Christian life
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7.

Donnie Spears: The sin of silence
“Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.”

William Hodgson: Before the law – before Moses
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned – for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.”

Rich Cummings: Don’t let anger ruin your heart
There is a lost art in our nation, and that is the art of loving our enemies.

Jeff Fugitt: A living Jesus gives hope
Saturday night was another sleepless night of grief, shock and confusion for the followers of Jesus.