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Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Elect Exiles      1 Peter 1 We have studied the prison letters that Paul wrote from prison in Rome, and now I want to continue with the Pentecost season. As you look at the calendar, it is the 12th day of Pentecost. The Church takes this time until the season of Advent, which starts in November, and ends with the celebration of Christmas. During this period, the Church around the world focuses on studying our doctrines, our faith, and how we can lead a holy and victorious Christian life in this world through the various teachings in the Bible. Peter, one of the disciples of Christ, wrote two letters in the Bible—First Peter and Second Peter. We can begin by looking at Peter’s letters, par...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  The world in which we live in today is filled with changes and uncertainties. Nations rise and fall, governments come and go, stock markets crash, economies fail, spouses file for divorce, children leave home, jobs are phased out, businesses go belly up, terminal illnesses appear overnight, beauty fades, fame flies out the window, money slips through our fingers like water, and people die unexpectedly. Changes happen without notice and uncertainties rule the life in this world.There are not many things that have certainty. Someone once said that there are two things in life that we can be sure of: death and taxes. People have figured out ways to avoid taxes but no one has ever figured out a way to avoid death. The probabilty of death is 100%. One out of every one person will eventually die. We may try to delay the inevitable through medicine and preventative measures, but sooner ...

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  House Built on rock    “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32) The parable of the houses Matthew's gospel chapter 7 is a very familiar Sunday school story for the children that I still remember from the early times.   There is a childrens' song, that goes: "the rains came down and the floods came up."  Jesus said this Parable to his disciples. It is a Parable for all of us. Just before this Parable, Jesus said "Not everyone who says to me, Lord. Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. But only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." Then he said, "Everyone who listens to those words of mine and acts...