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1. My Wife Saw Jesus My wife recently got out of the Intensive Care Unit after ten days of hanging on for dear life. She almost died on us. It was very close. She had been in critical condition, code blue, kidney failure, double pneumonia, collapsed lungs, coma. But... (posted by Mark Parsec 190 days 12 hours ago.)

2. Sin Spiders My son, Bryon, is about six-foot-one and weighs around 245 pounds. He works out regularly at a gym and can bench press up to 300 pounds. He works as a diesel mechanic and wrestles with transmissions, radiators, starters and other heavy truck parts... (posted by Mark Parsec 223 days 7 hours ago.)

3. Christian - From the Inside Out Recently, I was out in the backyard doing some gardening when I made a strange and frightening discovery. I was cutting down shoots from the base of the orange tree when I found some deformities on the tree trunk. So, I took a screwdriver to it... (posted by Mark Parsec 239 days 5 hours ago.)

4. Jesus Set Us Free - Freedom in Christ I want to ask you to think back for a moment… back in time… back thirty-five years. What were you doing 35 years ago? Where were you 35 years ago? How old were you 35 years ago? And… I want you to recall some of the major... (posted by Mark Parsec 268 days 2 hours ago.)

5. Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen - Crisis and Revolts - What Does it Mean? The recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen should crystallize for every American the volatile situation that Islamic countries are facing. Significantly, when Islamic nations are distressed, the US ought to take notice. Why? Well, because in... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 112 days ago.)

6. Christmas - Faith in the Savior I have often wondered what it must have been like for Joseph when he discovered that his fiancé, Mary, was with child. Surely, he must have been devastated. The young woman whom he loved, for whom he had been waiting and saving himself... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 174 days ago.)

7. Christmas - Hope in a Savior All of us have had people make promises to us in this life. When the promise is for something good we eagerly look forward to it being fulfilled. That is what hope is all about… the enthusiastic expectation and anticipation of obtaining the... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 181 days ago.)

8. Thank God With a Grateful Heart The Christian definition of praise is the joyful thanking and adoring of God, the celebration of His goodness and grace . As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we need to remember to whom we are thankful. We are thankful to God and... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 188 days ago.)

9. Praising God - More Than You Can Imagine Have you ever felt all alone? Have you ever been confused and didn’t know what to do? Have you ever been filled with grief because you lost a loved one, a job or a home? Well, then praise the Lord! Because, regardless of whatever we may be... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 195 days ago.)

10. Celebrating Sobriety - How to Get Clean and Sober This month my wife and I will both be celebrating sobriety birthdays. She will be celebrating her 11 th year clean and sober and I will be celebrating my 10 th . My wife and I did not meet until she had two years of sobriety and I had one. It is... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 199 days ago.)

11. You Can Turn Back Time - But You Can Never Go Back This past year I had an opportunity to visit relatives in Redding, California. I was especially excited about this trip because when I was a young man I had found some rather interesting fossils while hiking in the area. So, when we arrived there... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 202 days ago.)

12. Trick or Treat? History teaches us that Halloween was not always the innocent, fun loving, event that we observe today. When we think of Halloween we think of children dressed up in cute costumes and knocking on doors with orange plastic pumpkins and white pillow... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 209 days ago.)

13. Our Daily Bread - The Sword of God's Word In last week’s blog, we looked at how Jesus Christ came to destroy the works of the devil and that’s Good News for those of us who have accepted Him as our Lord and Savior. Yet, the problem that many of us face is the struggle with the... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 215 days ago.)

14. The Devil Made Him Do It! Last week we looked at 5 Things the Devil Doesn’t Want you to Know . Those five things were powers that Satan has to deceive and antagonize people. They included: 1. The Devil Has Power Over the World. 2. The Devil Has Power Over... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 223 days ago.)

15. 5 Things the Devil Doesn't Want You to Know In my last blog I spoke on some of the names and disguises of the Devil. We were reminded that the Devil is a powerful fallen angel who is opposed to God and the people of God, and that he will stop at nothing to deceive and mislead anyone he can... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 230 days ago.)

16. Halloween - The Devil in Disguise Halloween is right around the corner. It is a time of festivals, celebrations and trick-or-treaters. But, it is also a time of ghosts and goblins, monsters and demons, witches and warlocks, black cats and big black spiders. We are all familiar... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 236 days ago.)

17. Umpires and Shepherds - The Pastor and Leadership Last week I spoke on how the pastor, as the shepherd of the church, searches for lost sheep. One of the reasons for this is that it is best to shepherd a flock when all of the sheep are together in one location. Imagine the difficulties a shepherd... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 254 days ago.)

18. Dealing With Trials and Tribulations Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seemed to go right… when everything seemed to go wrong, and you thought things couldn’t get any worse… but they did? Then, one bad day turned into several bad days, and... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 257 days ago.)

19. Have You Heard? On Gossip and Slander People have been talking about you. Have you heard what they have been saying? They have been saying all kinds of things about you… and it’s not good. None of it is good. They have been talking about your sins… your... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 266 days ago.)

20. Pastors Only Work On Sundays - Yeah Right! Recently, I wrote on the Pastor as Shepherd . Among other things, the shepherd feeds the flock, cares for the flock and leads the flock. Yet, this would seem to be quite an extraordinary thing, since, as most people will tell you… pastors... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 312 days ago.)

21. Body Parts When I was a boy, I watched a science fiction movie about aliens invading the earth in flying saucers. To fight off the invaders the army was called out. The assembled troops gathered tanks, rockets, and planes to fight off the menacing enemies.... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 354 days ago.)

22. Memorial Day and Christian Martyrs Tomorrow is Memorial Day; when we recognize the millions of men and women from the armed services who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. These brave individuals paid for the price of freedom, not just their blood, sweat and... (posted by Mark Parsec 1 year 362 days ago.)

23. Thank God for Mothers I thank God for my mother because she taught me about ANTICIPATION ... when she would say, “Just wait until your father gets home!" I thank God for my mother because she taught me about RECEIVING .... when she would say, “You are... (posted by Mark Parsec 2 years 18 days ago.)

24. Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Bill - It's About Time I am generally regarded as a very tolerant individual. Nevertheless, when it comes to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s stance on immigration enforcement I am fully behind her. The fact of the matter is that the federal government has ignored... (posted by Mark Parsec 2 years 34 days ago.)

25. Come and See - Go and Tell - The Great Commission Have you ever noticed the behavior of some women after they have just been engaged? What do they do? They tell all their friends, and neighbors and women at the office! They say things like, “You’ve got to come and see my beautiful... (posted by Mark Parsec 2 years 40 days ago.)