Hemet Naz
I Was JUST Thinking About That!
I walked away from it years ago. Too much, too soon. There was so much about it, I did not understand and I could not grasp the...
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Hemet Naz
- Mar 14, 2020
- 3 min
Do Not Worry, Do Not Be Afraid
The Word of God says to us this very morning: "Do not worry," and "Do not be afraid!" How we respond in new situations and times of...
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Hemet Naz
- Oct 4, 2019
- 5 min
Bible Study Commentary
Lamentations 3:19-26 Pastor Michael Falgout October 2, 2019 When the book of Lamentations is read at all by Christians (being tucked...
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Hemet Naz
- Sep 25, 2019
- 5 min
A New Habit of Bible Study & Reflection
Bible Study Commentary 1 Timothy 6:6-11 Pastor Michael Falgout A New Habit of Bible Study and Reflection Life has changed fairly...
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Hemet Naz
- Jul 13, 2018
- 3 min
Walking By Faith
Hiking is one of my favorite pastimes. There is something very satisfying about taking one step at a time and ending up far away from...
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Hemet Naz
- Feb 7, 2018
- 4 min
Christ, our Sanctifier
In this week’s gospel reading, we read Mark’s account of the transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-9). Peter, James, and John journey with Jesus...
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Hemet Naz
- Jan 10, 2018
- 5 min
Our Calling and Election
Brothers and sisters, be diligent to make your calling and election sure…” (2 Peter 1:10) Chances are, if you grew up in an evangelical...
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Hemet Naz
- Nov 1, 2017
- 3 min
From Blessings to Woes
Matthew 23 You’ve heard of the eight beatitudes of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel, right? “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the...
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Hemet Naz
- Oct 25, 2017
- 5 min
Love and Scripture
Matthew 22:23-46 Even though the Bibles we read today are similar in content to the ancient scriptures around in Jesus’ day, the way we...
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Hemet Naz
- Oct 18, 2017
- 5 min
What Belongs to God?
Matthew 22:15-22 Burned by all their previous encounters with Jesus, the Pharisees send others to do their bidding in this week’s gospel...
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Hemet Naz
- Oct 11, 2017
- 3 min
The Wedding Crashers
Matthew 22:1-14 In act 2, scene 2 of Shakespeare’s most ambitious play, Hamlet announces a sudden flash of insight: “The play’s the thing...
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Hemet Naz
- Oct 11, 2017
- 4 min
Listening for God
This week’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel begins with a word loaded with significance for its original Jewish audience: “Listen” or...
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Hemet Naz
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
Letter to Exiles
“By the rivers of Babylon,” the old Psalm goes, “there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion” (137:1). It is one of the...
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Hemet Naz
- Sep 27, 2017
- 5 min
Authority Refigured
Matthew 21:23-32 Every now and then, I catch myself sounding an awful lot like my parents. In particular, I’ve noticed that I’m always...
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Hemet Naz
- Sep 20, 2017
- 3 min
Eternal Life–What are we waiting for?
In the fifteenth chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul gets real with us Christians. “If our hope in Christ is for this...
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Hemet Naz
- Aug 2, 2017
- 3 min
Life's Bumpy Roads
How many times have we hit a bump in the road called life? Sometimes the bumps are little almost unnoticeable, maybe even annoying. We...
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Hemet Naz
- Aug 2, 2017
- 4 min
What is Your Calling?
“You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.” (Psalm 128:2) A young man was at...
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Hemet Naz
- Aug 2, 2017
- 3 min
Bridging the Generational Gaps
All families have their problems. More than a century ago, Thoreau wrote, “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows...
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Hemet Naz
- Jul 25, 2017
- 2 min
Broken Things
There’s a song by Matthew West called “Broken Things.” I find myself absentmindedly humming it throughout the day. It gets stuck in my...
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