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Search For Her As For Hidden Treasures

With the Bible in your hand and a commitment to obedience in your mind, you hold the treasure map to the greatest treasure the world has ever known, eternal life. If you search for her as for hidden treasures, you will find the ultimate treasure.

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The Bleating of the Sheep and the Lowing of the Oxen

By: Zach Collins Date: August 20th, 2021 Growing up, my father and mother gave me a chore list. A staple of many childhoods. It was posted on the refrigerator door, next to the photos of family, friends, and the magnetic tourist souvenirs from all the locations that my mother had visited in her travels. The list was clear and specific, complete with obligations that I could understand and obey every single week. As most children, after I completed the chores on the list, I received payment in exchange for my work. It seems that twenty dollars went much further in my childhood! As I reflect upon the list, I realize that, at the core of this list, was a form of parental training. My mother and father were attempting to prepare me for the “real-world”, where men and women alike are given certain job responsibilities that they are expected to fulfill. One specific moment comes to my mind: As I was doing my chores, I was tempted to only do half the chores on the list in order to see if I could pull the wool over my mother’s eyes. Sure, I realized that I would be short-changing my mother and father, but I figured that I would still get paid my twenty dollars at the end of the week and everything would work out for the betterment of myself. When it came time for payment, my mother would ask, “Did you complete your chores for this week?”, knowing that …

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told By: Zach Collins The holiday season is upon us, once again. The smell of fresh cookies and other baked goods wafts throughout our homes. The sounds of the holiday season fill our ears with the ring of traditional Christmas songs and our favorite holiday movies. The cards are perfectly organized on the entry table. The gifts are bought, wrapped, and placed on the fabric under the twinkling lights. In the words of the famous soundtrack, “Christmas time is here.” The greatest story ever told, Jesus’ story, has been adapted into a commercialized success! Thus, many minds are focused on the commercialized Christ in the movies rather than God’s Christ in the Bible. I want to explore some myths about the birth of the Messiah, which might help us have a deeper appreciation of this significant historical moment.  We often sing, “Tell me the story of Jesus, write on my heart every word….” But do we view this story through the lens of a commercialized culture or the inerrant word of God?  Myth #1: Three wise men, kings from the Orient, came to see Jesus at the manger. We do not know the number of wise men, exactly. It might have been three, or it could have been more. It could be like some showers in our culture, where many people pinch in for expensive gifts. And it is never expressly stated that they were kings. Also, they were not present at the birth of Christ. The …