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Not Without Love

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By Andrew Bossi - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3015497 Greetings, My Dear Reader.           Just a reminder that it is not without love that we aspire to God's grace. By His grace do we enter into His Kingdom. And we love Him because He first loved us.         Primitive Skill Builders created this video , of a well, pool, fish pond and pretty round hut.  They work together beautifully, and exhibit something beautiful about God's creation in man. Here in Congenial Grissom, alas, the red clay soil is somewhat more difficult to work with, else I would recommend activities of this sort for my sons and daughter, if only to have a context in which we work well together, while honing our skills, and above all glorifying Jesus. However, I would not want to live in a hut like this. Rather, I see greater value in using this type of skill as a team-building a...

Brethren Dwelling in Unity

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Greetings, all you Grissom Devotees.  Historic Downtown Grissom, North Carolina, is full of light this afternoon. It is a delectable delight and honor to be here, celebrating the return of Christ, our risen Lord.  Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138632   Church Behavior, Impulsive Penchant : Churches can jump to conclusions.  It is easier to make a judgment than to beg current indecision, even as people all around press for a conclusion. But, sometimes no immediate conclusion is better. To honor God, we can speak with respectful reservation, deferring to the whole, admitting the presence and workings of the Spirit of God, in a priesthood of believers.        For we are not here to build a man-centered church, an edifice that we esteem should last through the ages, as Christ could return this evening. Rather, we will invest not in any structure beyond the horizons we can see, preferring to send our capital...