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I’m a complete wimp when it comes to movies. If it doesn’t have a good ending, count me out. I don’t care how talented a producer James Cameron is, you’ll never get me to sit through a showing of Titanic. I can’t begin to tell you how upset I was …
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2020 has been a doozy of a year. A frightening pandemic, made worse by conflicting reports from ‘experts’ and a dishonest media corps; escalating ethnic tension, and violent riots in major US cities. They say, “Hindsight is 20/20.” I can’t wait until 2020 is in hindsight. I don’t know if 2021 will …
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What is atonement? How do we make atonement? How do we atone? Simple questions. But the answers are profound and make the difference between life and death, Heaven and Hell. Atonement means, after doing something wrong, making it right so that a damaged relationship is restored.
People can atone for offenses against people; and people …
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As we reach the end of Yom Kippur and blow the Shofar last time, our hope is that we are all written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. But being in a right relationship with God goes beyond our outward appearances. All our …
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The story is told of a man who was a lover of old books. One day he ran into an acquaintance who, in the course of their conversation, casually mentioned that he had recently thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his family’s home for generations. “I couldn’t …
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In a few minutes, we will sound the Shofar a final time and then go and break our fasts. As we come to the end of Yom Kippur and the Days of Awe I hope this has been a meaningful time for you. Hopefully, a time for self-reflection through prayer, reading God’s Word …
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A wise and godly man once observed: “Pride is the dandelion of the soul. Its root goes deep; only a little left behind sprouts again. Its seeds lodge in the tiniest encouraging cracks. And it flourishes in good soil. The danger of pride is that it feeds on goodness.” Perhaps no parable illustrates this as …
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… smiled ear to ear.
Humility, forgiveness and reconciliation are beautiful things.
This morning we observe Shabbat Shuvah – ‘The Sabbath of Repentance’ which falls between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. These days are known in Judaism as Yamim Noraim – ‘The Days of Awe’, because according to the rabbis, it is during these 10 days that a …
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We are very close to the end of Yom Kippur and the Days of Awe. In a few minutes, we will sound the Shofar a final time and then go and break our fasts. Hopefully, this has been a meaningful time for you of self-reflection through prayer and maybe even fasting. But it is …
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… are hoping that their good deeds of the past 10 days will outweigh the accumulated wrong of the rest of the year. Those Jewish people who take Yom Kippur seriously are wondering: “Will the scales tip in my favor?”
But having your name written in the Book of Life, and gaining entrance into the Kingdom …