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Tributes are altogether too infrequent in our lives. A tribute can be as simple as a kind word to someone who is struggling to do a good job. Or, it can be as elaborate as a preplanned program complete with speakers, awards, testimonials, and the like. It could be a bouquet of flowers to the mother of your children. It could be a small gift coupon to your child in recognition of just being a super kid. Tributes come in all shapes and sizes, but I do think they don't occur as frequently as they should. Today's message is a tribute, tribute to the written word of God.

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Actually the phrase No Harm, No Foul is an American idiom arising from the sport of basketball. Generally speaking, it means that unless the outcome of a game is affected, a violation of the rules should not result in a foul being called. Recently this phrase came to mind when Pat told me of an event that occurred with one of her neighbors a few years back.

It seems that she had admired a small decorated Christmas tree in her neighbor's basement window for years. It always looked so neat and orderly behind the white sheer curtains that hung between it and the window. Each year…  ( Click for more )

After cataract surgery, her glasses were as thick as proverbial “coke bottle bottoms.” This was in the era before modern day intraocular lens implants made such things unnecessary. Her ear drums had been perforated as a child and the hearing aides that helped her to hear more normally certainly did not enhance her physical appearance. As a child she had a bout with rheumatic fever which resulted in an enlarged heart which, of course, she carried with her for the remainder of her natural life. Eight children and forty-one years after this lovely woman married her beau,…  ( Click for more )

Isaiah's prophecy of “The voice of one crying in the wilderness...,” is directly connected to the promise of comfort in Isaiah 40. Today's message will show that link by noting a few passages which show that the fulfilment of the one was John the baptist, and the fulfilment of the other was Jesus Christ.

First, we will consider the testimony of Dr. Luke. He writes, “...[T]he word of God came to John [the baptist] the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,…  ( Click for more )