Entries by Josh Rice

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Hanging Heaven’s Picture

January 19, 2025 Acts 15:36-41 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them […]

January 19, 2025 by
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Look It Up

Suppose you don’t know what a “jenny” is. You heard the word used in casual conversation, let’s say, and didn’t want to admit your ignorance of its meaning and so you simply nodded along. Or perhaps the word showed up in a story you were reading to your grandchild and the meaning didn’t seem to […]

January 18, 2025 by
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The Cologne of Christ

Good morning church family, To a twelve-year-old boy like Ethan Carmichael, a $25 gift card to Macy’s was about as valuable as a $25 gift card to the grocery store, the power company, or the water and sewer department. To Ethan, Macy’s was a store you walked through to get to the food court and […]

January 11, 2025 by
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A Fair Trial

January 5, 2025 Luke 18:1-8 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and […]

January 5, 2025 by