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There’s a phrase in a New Testament verse that is easy to overlook, yet has sweeping implications. The verse is Galatians 4:4. Here it is (with verse 5 also) in the NASV: “But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His ...Read More

(NOTE: To download a PDF of this post and read it later, follow this link: https://randymoody.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/My-40th-Birthday-Story.pdf) In 1989, Belmont Church’s pastor, Don Finto, heard God say that he was to “place the leadership of the church in the hands of younger men in whom ...Read More

Those of us who would describe ourselves as followers of Jesus, Christians, or “believers,” believe, for the most part, that God has preferences for us in our lives. There are widely divergent views regarding what those preferences include. But we tend to use a ...Read More

So Mother Teresa of Calcutta is now St. Teresa of Calcutta. In the Holy Roman Catholic Church, a saint is a kind of extra-holy human – a person like you and me, but with a kind of “holy super power.” Teresa’s “super power” was ...Read More

I’ve heard said it in sermons all my life: kindness is its own reward. Jesus Himself said, we’re told (it’s not recorded in the gospels), that it’s more blessed to give than to receive. We give out of the overflow of our hearts in ...Read More

He said his name was Jason, as he shook my hand. He was about 6’ 6” and solid muscle. I explained that his was the 31st yard sale I’d been to on this beautiful Saturday in May, and probably my last for the day. ...Read More

These days, I find myself walking a tightrope between two somewhat contradictory lines of thinking. On the one hand, I am very much in favor of the ideal of our nation being the “leader of the free world,” a nation where everyone lives in ...Read More