Posted on October 15, 2008 by Pat Sieler
“Eighty and six years years have I served Him, and He never did me an injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and Savior?”
- Bishop Polycarp, when asked to swear, “Caesar is Lord”, in order to save himself from burning.
He died in the modern city of Izmir, formerly known as Smyrna.
With the [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2008 by Pat Sieler
The year was 1918. Her name was Helen Lemmel. The occasion? A visit with a missionary friend. They were speaking about a little pamphlet entitled “Focused”. It’s subject was that of Christ. Looking to him. The phrase of this little pamphlet that stuck out to Helen Lemmel was this, “Turn full your soul’s vision to [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2008 by Pat Sieler
Pastor Scott is out of town. So this Saturday night he asked me to teach at our singles’ ministry, oneLife.
We’ll be looking at Psalm 93 with a message called “Look Up”.
Psalm 93 is all about God. It’s a short Paalm that begins with the words, “The Lord reigns”. Those three words alone will give [...]
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