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Christ’s Message to His Church
Posted on January 28, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.(Note: This message finished a sermon series through 1 Thessalonians. It lays out matters of importance for every local church.) Last Sunday we concluded our study of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, looking at chapter five, verses 23-28. Paul doesn’t introduce new material in this final section but he does emphasize some things […]
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The Sermon Satan Didn’t Want My People to Hear
Posted on January 20, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Last week’s worship service at my church was well attended. But I knew this week would be different. I knew it when I started study of the next passage in 1 Thessalonians, the book of the Bible I am preaching through. It occurred to me that this is not something that Satan wants the […]
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Never Alone
Posted on December 26, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.The temperature that day was in the 40s, heading to the mid-50s, unusual for mid-December in Pennsylvania. It seemed opportune for a little prayer-strolling around the public gardens of which I was a member but had not visited in a while. Plus, the grounds were superbly bedecked for the Christmas season. It was daylight. […]
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A Birthday Like No Other – a children’s story
Posted on December 16, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.by Pastor Stan Gale Pretend it’s your birthday. What would you think if people gave presents to everyone else but not to you? That would be a strange birthday. Isn’t that what happens at Christmas? It’s the day we celebrate Jesus’ birth but we are the ones getting the presents. Or giving presents to […]
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Bible Bashing – how not to do evangelism
Posted on December 9, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.There is an extremely disturbing “game” in the news. It’s called knockout. The object is to sucker punch an unsuspecting stranger and knock him or her out with one punch. This game ranks right up there with the teen who shot a jogger because he was “bored.” A similar, albeit less physically violent, practice […]
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Season for the Reason
Posted on December 2, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Christmas is upon us! The countdown has begun as consumers think in terms of shopping days. Retailers started this year earlier than ever opening their doors so that people will open their wallets. Black Friday was preceded by Dark Gray Thursday, breaking the ice on the spending frenzy with blockbuster deals beginning early Thanksgiving […]
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Beyond the Bucket List
Posted on November 25, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.What are your aspirations in life? Some aspire to be a millionaire by age 30. Others to write the next great novel. Some set the bar a bit lower by aiming to gain respect in their field. But we don’t hear too often of anyone aspiring to anonymity. Yet that’s the direction in which […]
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The Sign of the Rainbow
Posted on November 4, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.“And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” (Genesis 9:12–13) […]
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Marks of the True Christian
Posted on October 28, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Note: The Reformation of the sixteenth century dealt with reforming what had been deformed by the church of the day, bringing it into conformity with the revealed Word of God. That reforming recaptured the essence of the gospel taught in holy Scripture. Today, the integrity of the gospel is threatened by the forces of legalism […]
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Satan Sightings
Posted on October 21, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.You can’t read Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians without detecting a bit of an edge. Understandably so. His opponents back in Thessalonica were questioning his character, his motives, and his conduct. They were trying to turn the hearts of the new believers in the church he planted there against him. It is true […]
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