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August 21st !   Isn’t it a great feeling to start afresh?  The etymology of “a clean slate” comes from Roman times when a “tabula”, a waxed covered tablet used for notes, was blanked (rasa) by heating the wax and then smoothing it out.  The Apostle Paul, familiar with Roman culture, would have this picture in…

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.”‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ There is a promise here. Right in line with Jesus saying He will never abandon us. Darkness is a part of our every day, either directly or indirectly. We live in a dark world. But… “In him was life, and that…

Summer training is not for the uncommitted. You made your commitment in June and now the August sun is bearing down adding an even greater challenge for you to finish strong. It’s time to recommit! It’s been several years since I’ve run the 400 meters competitively as a Masters athlete.   My strategy at the 200 meter mark…

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8). “God is Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). “In a Relationship” is part of a profile commonly used on social media.  Why?  “Well, Duh, Larry.”  Evidently that person feels it necessary and important…

“His whole character commands our reverence because it is superlatively Holy and His name to us is a word of awe never to be mentioned flippantly and never to be quoted without earnest thought and prostration of heart before Him.” – Charles Spurgeon The word “awesome” comes to mind a lot when I think about…

It has been my pleasure to have visited with several of you about drawing closer to God and walking in a deeper relationship with Christ.  The first step in drawing closer to God is to hear what he has to say to us.  Now, that doesn’t mean a divine visitation like God appearing to Moses…

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for human beings. Remember that the Lord will give you as a reward what he has kept for his people. For Christ is the One whom you serve.” Colossians 3:23-24 Remember Larry’s Big Three? 1)…