“But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.” John 17:13 “The joy of the world always drives out the other joy, as does any dependence on the world; so we must avoid sin in every shape and form. Let…
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Julius Homer Ackerman 1924-2018
Julius Homer Ackerman woke up in heaven on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Julius, born in Muskegon in 1924 to Clare and Pearl (Curry) Ackerman, lived in the Muskegon and Fruitport area most of his life, spending the last three years in Cheboygan. He served in World War II from 1943 – 1946 in the South…
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Get the facts – they’re right at your door
Going through some cluttered drawers I came upon this short tape from the mid-80s, when the Lansing State Journal went from an afternoon to a morning paper. I’ve thought about that move for a long time. With the change from an after school to before school schedule, we pretty much signed the death-knell for youth…
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Love Is Of GOD
I thank my God always…
What a Christian looks like
John R W Stott sums up the beatitudes perfectly with these words. The beatitudes paint a comprehensive portrait of a Christian disciple. We see him first alone on his knees before God, acknowledging his spiritual poverty and mourning over it. This makes him meek or gentle in all his relationships, since honesty compels him to…
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A Debtor to Mercy Alone
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” I’m not a Greek scholar, so I don’t know for sure, but I can’t help but think this has a past, present, and future perspective to it. Kind of like this: Happy are the merciful, for they have already received mercy Blessed are the merciful, for…
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For what do you hunger and thirst?
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:6 “If this verse is to you one of the most blessed statements of the whole of Scripture you can be quite certain you are a Christian; if it is not, then you had better examine the foundations again.” D.…
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My Jesus, I Love Thee
Pastor Lamberson’s sermon today was on our responsibility to love God, from Matthew 22:37. “He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” That brought this song to mind. This duet with Ed Eichner, and Denise on the piano, was sung at…
