Religion
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RELIGION: Think thanks
Thank you. Thanks.
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RELIGION: Giving thanks is a fruit of faith
"It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness eve…
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RELIGION: How can Jesus give us His flesh to eat?
"The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, 'How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?' Then Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, un…
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OPINION | DeGroot Old homes and shopping malls
I don't know how the fascination began or what caused it -- but I have recently come to the strange realization that my Facebook and Instagram feeds are full o…
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RELIGION: Do you partake of Jesus, the bread of life?
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are dead. T…
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RELIGION: My Life the Sermon Illustration
It's almost laughable. Each time it happens, it's not even surprising. In every debacle, each mountaintop experience, and even in the day-to-day challenges tha…
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RELIGION: No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him
How could Jesus be the life-giving Son of God, come down from heaven to give spiritual and eternal life to sinners? Jesus' Jewish hearers stumbled over this qu…
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OPINION | DeGroot Time changes, but God does not
This time of year is gorgeous. The vibrant, autumnal hues of gold, red and orange against a backdrop of a placid blue sky look like something out of a Hallmark…
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RELIGION: What is the will of God for You?
"But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means c…
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RELIGION: Pouring out wisdom
An Uncle George. Everybody's got one, everybody needs one. If you look at your family, you have that one uncle (or family member) who is no nonsense on the out…
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RELIGION: Do you partake of the Bread of Life?
"Then Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For …
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RELIGION: Just around the bend
One of my sincere hopes with this new column is that I give you, the reader, a fresh perspective on the place we live -- whether it be Siloam Springs, Gentry o…
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RELIGION: What can we do to be saved?
"Then they said to Him, 'What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?' Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that you believe in H…
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A rainy commentary
Bold confession: One of the most calming things in the world is a rainy afternoon; not just any rainy afternoon, a rainy afternoon in the autumn. I could sit a…