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by Pastor Curt on March 8, 2012
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brevity of life, cancer, death, envy, old age, promises of God
I must confess. I felt a twinge of envy last Sunday. As Scott worked his way through Genesis 15, verse 15 got my attention. There God promises Abram this: you shall be buried in a good old age. I immediately wondered if, among all the other stupendous promises Moses received from the Lord with that [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 7, 2012
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boasting, building, cancer, death, God's will, life, ministry, planning
On Saturday, as we dressed for our third funeral in as many weeks, Nancy, my wife, said to me, “We’re dressing in back a little too often lately.” Indeed. Three funerals in three weeks even for a couple hovering around sixty years of age seems a bit much. It has me thinking a lot lately [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 22, 2012
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death, eternal life, feasts, funerals, gospel, hope, parties, wisdom
For the second time in less than a week I will go to a house of mourning tomorrow. I will officiate at the funeral of a brother in Christ and member of my church for the last several years. We have shared a lot in common the last eighteen months as cancer victims experiencing the [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 19, 2012
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body life, cancer, death, life, Rick, update
After service today I traveled to Winter Park hospital to visit with Rick and Barb in ICU. Our brother remains on the respirator with his bride at his side. The doctors have assured her that given his condition, they expect him to pass quite soon. Short of a miracle they see no hope of recovery. [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 21, 2011
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death, family, grief, marriage, obedience, providence, sovereignty
By tale I don’t mean fiction. Each family referenced in this post once existed or does now actually exist. These tales relate fact, some of it hard-to-swallow, down right mind blowing truth. Household #1 – Ezekiel the prophet’s. Every year as I read through the entirety of the Bible I always come up short when [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 25, 2011
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comfort, death, Disability, disease, suffering
The good folks at Ligonier Ministries have hit the ball out of the park once again with this month’s edition of Tabletalk Magazine focused on death and disease. How I wish I had a copy during my head and neck cancer journey back in ’05. The articles within touch on so many redemptive themes that [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 6, 2011
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death, faith, hour, Jesus, messianic acclaim, triumphal entry
This morning’s message from John 12:12-19 is now on the website. You can listen to the audio here. The theme and outline for this two-part series on the triumphal entry are as follows: The distinctly unique aspects of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem call for our belief in Him as the Messiah, God’s Son. He [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 26, 2010
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death, glory of God, love for others, power, prayer, purpose, resurrection
Today’s message from John 11:38-44 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here is the quote from Jonathan Edwards about the meaning of the term glory: The word glory denotes sometimes what is internal. When the word is used to signify what is within, or in the possession of the [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 19, 2010
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anger, death, doubt, emotion, faith, patience, testing
Today’s message from John 11:38-44 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. I reiterated the theme this way: Because Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, we should believe on Him as the Messiah, God’s Son. We covered four of seven observations about Jesus from the text that present Him to [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 12, 2010
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anger, belief, death, devotion, Gospel of John, grief, incarnation, worship
Today’s message from John 11:28-37 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here is the quote by B. B. Warfield characterizing the depth of emotion displayed by Jesus as fundamentally rage. It is death that is the object of his wrath, and behind death him who has the power of [...]
