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A Little Hard Work Never … 2 Corinthians 8:7-11.

When Billy Graham was a boy, the clock would chime at 2:30 a.m., waking the entire family for another day of hard work on the farm. Billy trotted off to the barn to milk twenty cows and shovel manure. After school he milked the cows a second time. The Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards spent 13Continue reading “A Little Hard Work Never … 2 Corinthians 8:7-11.”

Don’t Commit Simony. Acts 8:18-24

Simony, n. The buying or selling of church positions, spiritual power, or miracles. Putting a temporal (finite) value on something spiritual (infinite) in nature. If a priest was promoted to bishop after paying a bribe, the priest committed simony. The name comes from Acts 8:18-24. A man named Simon wanted to buy a gift onlyContinue reading “Don’t Commit Simony. Acts 8:18-24”

You Can Only Harvest What You Plant. Jeremiah 44:22; Galatians 6:7.

You can’t plant seeds of nights and weekends surfing social media and harvest a crop of good grades. You can’t plant seeds of promiscuity and harvest a long and happy marriage. You can’t plant lazy seeds and harvest riches. You can’t plant smoking seeds and harvest healthy lungs. You can’t plant seeds of gluttony andContinue reading “You Can Only Harvest What You Plant. Jeremiah 44:22; Galatians 6:7.”