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2025-02-14T11:57:52-05:00

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A Valentine to God: Offering My Heart to the Greatest Love

Last updated on: February 14, 2025 at 11:57 am By Beverly R. Green

Happy Valentine’s Day, Abba Dear Abba, Happy Valentine’s Day. I have come to realize that, although You are truly the love of my life, I have never sent You a Valentine. I know about love, because You have been writing me Valentines for a long time. You told me:: “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the... Read more

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2025-02-04T11:03:14-05:00

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What Is the Kerygma? The Heart of the Gospel Message

Last updated on: February 4, 2025 at 11:03 am By Beverly R. Green

Kerygma: an Evangelical Study On Sunday I was watching one of my favorite television preachers, Fr. Cedric Pisegna. During his Live With Passion message, he introduced a new word to me: kerygma. I was fascinated by what I heard and decided to study it a bit. I thought there may be others who would be interested, as well. What is the Kerygma? From the lexicon: “Kerygma (from Ancient Greek: κήρυγμα, kḗrygma) is a Greek word used in the New Testament... Read more

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Whatcha Gonna Do With Those Stones?

Last updated on: January 30, 2025 at 5:53 pm By Beverly R. Green

Whatcha Gonna Do With Those Stones, Hon? My first real teaching assignment was in a Kindergarten class in rural Georgia. The first year was challenging in a number of ways, and one of the biggest challenges was a small boy who always seemed to be getting into something he was not supposed to. Once in a while, he became aggressive toward other children, though I don’t think he realized it was aggressive. Throwing things at other children while smiling... Read more

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2025-01-23T18:40:11-05:00

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Love That Bears Fruit

Last updated on: January 23, 2025 at 6:40 pm By Beverly R. Green

Love That Bears Fruit I believe we all want our love to bear fruit. A Little Context for Love 1 John 4:7-21 says, “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might... Read more

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The Daniel Fast: What? Why? How?

Last updated on: January 17, 2025 at 5:09 pm By Beverly R. Green

The Daniel Fast: What? Why? How? Many churches and families make it a January tradition to participate in the Daniel Fast. The Daniel Fast is a partial fast based on Daniel 1: Daniel’s Story “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he... Read more

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2025-01-16T11:23:16-05:00

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The Sacred Harp: fa sol la: What is this music?

Last updated on: January 16, 2025 at 11:23 am By Beverly R. Green

The Sacred Harp: fa-sol-la: What is this music? One very odd and amazing experience I had when I lived in Alabama involved church hymns. An elderly gentleman for whom I held much respect invited me to “a singin’” at his church, and since I enjoy music, I went. I was not prepared for what “a singin’” actually was, but after I got over the shock, I really liked it. It was one of the most transcending, worshipful services I can... Read more

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2025-01-10T12:50:44-05:00

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An Army Veteran’s Perspective of Life with PTSD

Last updated on: January 10, 2025 at 12:50 pm By Beverly R. Green

This story deeply touched my heart. It was written by my son, a U.S. Army veteran diagnosed with PTSD: Perspective By Joseph Haynes From the Perspective of the 7-Year-Old Daddy is like two different people. Sometimes he’s the fun Daddy who builds forts in the living room and lets me help him fix stuff. I like that Daddy the best because he laughs, and his laugh makes me laugh too. He teaches me things, like how to hold... Read more

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2025-01-06T23:07:29-05:00

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A Snowy Day with a Happy Ending

Last updated on: January 6, 2025 at 11:07 pm By Beverly R. Green

A Snowy Day with a Happy Ending Today school was canceled because of snow and icy roads. It sent me back to a similar day, probably 35 years ago. The roads were bad, but as always, God was good. True story: It was an unusual morning in Anniston, Alabama with steel gray clouds dumping inches of snow on top of icy roads. Getting to school wasn’t a problem because it was Sunday. I lived about three blocks from the... Read more

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Another New Year in God’s Time

Last updated on: January 5, 2025 at 7:22 pm By Beverly R. Green

Another New Year In God’s Time Happy New Year! Once again, due to the season, we become (somewhat painfully, perhaps) aware of the passage of time. This is a purely human experience. God doesn’t operate within time constraints; He is eternal–no beginning or end. In fact, He is the One who created time for human beings. Time is a gift to us from Abba Father. Actually, in our modern world, people have become rather obsessed with time. Being myself,... Read more

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My PostChristmas Meditation on the Passage of Time

Last updated on: December 26, 2024 at 2:37 pm By Beverly R. Green

My PostChristmas Meditation Never Enough Time Gift shopping–check Packed and mailed gifts to those who live far away–check Elementary Christmas program–check High school Christmas program–check Exams, administered, graded, posted (except for research papers to be graded over the holidays)–check Grocery shopping–check Last minute gift shopping (took my very life into my hands)–check Somehow located a last hour pizza–check Wrapped those gifts–check Christmas Eve church–check Cooked special holiday breakfast–check Gifts unwrapped–check Clean-up–check Doesn’t the Bible call Jesus the Prince of Peace?... Read more

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