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Hemet Naz
Oct 4, 20223 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20185 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20175 min read
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, 20175 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20175 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20172 min read
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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