Tag Archives: Community Houses of Prayer

• 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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• Pastor Appreciation Month

  Posted on October 14, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    You know how wives want to hear that their husbands love them? They want to know their efforts to make a house a home are recognized.  They want to be appreciated. That’s the case for guys as well.  Sure, they have chores and those things they are expected to do. But still, they appreciate […]

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• Pastoral Parenting

  Posted on October 7, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    Robert and Rosa wanted to join the church.  Both professed trust in Jesus Christ for their salvation. Robert was older in the Lord. Rosa had come to a saving knowledge of Christ within the last year. They had been attending several months and wanted to take that step of membership. In talking with them […]

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• “Why Me, Lord?”

  Posted on September 30, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    “Why me, Lord?” tends to be a rhetorical question.  Or maybe it’s no real question at all, just a lament, like “how are you” is just a form of greeting. But when “Why me, Lord?” becomes a real question, it often carries an edge to it.  It’s spoken with an attitude.  It comes with […]

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