Dear Family & Friends, “Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor […]
Posted on August 29th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, …” II Cor. 5:11b A holy or reverent fear of the Lord should cause us to desire to do what is right and righteous. This includes sharing the truth of the Gospel, because we do not want […]
Posted on August 22nd, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.’ You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short […]
Posted on August 16th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, ‘Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!’” Mark 4:41 Having just experienced a typhoon many passages dealing with storms have come to mind. This passage always makes me stop and consider who God is and what […]
Posted on August 9th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. I John 4:10 This verse is so full of the Gospel message. We are told that God loves us. We are told that we […]
Posted on July 26th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will […]
Posted on July 26th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “He saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit.” Titus 3:5 Paul writes to Titus about the human tendency to try to make ourselves righteous by our […]
Posted on July 12th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some. I do all these things because of the gospel, so that […]
Posted on July 5th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “‘Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.’ Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, ‘Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve.’ So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food with others and to enjoy tremendous joy, […]
Posted on June 8th, 2015 by dunns
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Dear Family & Friends, “‘Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord. If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors […]
Posted on June 2nd, 2015 by dunns
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