Jesus Spring Cleaning For Churches And Hearts
A pastor reflects on spring as a time for renewal urged by a sermon about Jesus cleansing the temple. He likens spring cleaning to purging impurity, turning churches into houses of purity, prayer, power, and praise, citing Psalm 51:10 for personal renewal.
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Temple of God
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House of Prayer
David
The Roots of Judgment in Society and Self
A reflective meditation on how judgment permeates law, grades, politics, sports, media, and religion. It argues judging habits split humanity into factions and breed superiority in the judge and abuse in the judged, warning of the psychological and spiritual harm.
West Texas raid on FLDS ranch spurs legal battle and calls for accountability
The west Texas ranch raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints triggers a widening legal and logistical struggle for state officials as critics urge prosecution of leaders for child marriages while defending religious freedom as a constitutional right. The piece urges Christians to uphold biblical authority and pray for all involved, including those deceived by cults.
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West Texas
Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints
Jesus
West
Texas
LDS Church
Backing Principled Change Not People
The speaker cites Paul Harvey on backing unchanging principles over people and argues the Bible offers eternal principles rather than specific commands. Salvation remains through the gospel once for all delivered, with Corinthian instructions applied in principle to all generations.
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Paul Harvey
Little Biddy Bits from Rev Danny Biddy at Old River Church
Rev Danny Biddy hosts a brief church update at Old River Baptist Church inviting parishioners and neighbors to various upcoming services and community activities at the church venue and online platform www.oldriverbaptist.com.
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Danny Biddy
OLD River Church
Billie the parrot sings through the family line
A parrot named Billie, belonging to Ami's lineage from her great grandmother through her grandmother, learned to sing "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and still quashes trouble with the same hymn. The bird, nearly sixty, remains in the family and echoes the line from John 15:15 about friendship.
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Ami
Billie
Jesus
John
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