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Suspect Submission
Posted on June 16, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.The year was about 586 B. C. Jerusalem had been taken, the walls torn down, the temple destroyed, the people taken captive and deported. Because of Judah’s unfaithfulness to the covenant, Yahweh had given them into the hands of the Babylonians. Jeremiah, the prophet of Yahweh, had been allowed to stay in the land. […]
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Ask and You Will Receive – the Holy Spirit!
Posted on June 2, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.“…how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13) What would God’s answer to this prayer look like? What do we miss out on from neglect of asking for the Holy Spirit from our Heavenly Father? This invitation to ask for the Holy Spirit concludes […]
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But Have Not Prayer
Posted on May 12, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.The beating heart of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is his address on love in chapter 13. Paul speaks of love, however, not to wax poetic, but to render cardiac care. The church was beset with sexual immorality, doctrinal division, and personal agendas. They were a body that was plagued with heart disease […]
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Snack Foods and Sanctification (2 of 2)
Posted on May 5, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.A church that works properly is characterized by loving fellowship. Paul is addressing individuals. No doubt those who read his letter would think of certain slackers and freeloaders. Names and faces would come to mind. But Paul is not just writing just to those derelicts. He is writing to the church. He is speaking […]
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Snack Foods and Sanctification (1 of 2)
Posted on April 29, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.“Busy bodies, not busybodies.” That’s what the Apostle Paul stresses as he winds down his second letter to the Thessalonians. This is what he says: “For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies” (2 Thess. 3:11). Evidently, there were a number of people in the church […]
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Jesus’ Silly Saying– a children’s message
Posted on February 17, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Jesus said something really silly. He said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). What’s silly about that? The silly part is not that Jesus calls Himself a vine. […]
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The Power Grid for a House of Prayer
Posted on February 11, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.My region was rocked by an ice storm last Wednesday. The aftermath was catastrophic, like something out of a war movie. Entire trees came down, some on roadways, some on houses, some on cars. Fallen branches were everywhere, taking with them power lines. My home lost power about five in the morning. We were […]
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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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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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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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