Pirates in the Pulpit

Pirates in the pulpit It is 9:30 July 1st 2011 and I had a thought while doing a study on the “Golden Rule.” The thought was “Pirates in the pulpit.” I had never heard that before but it was ringing in my ears. I put the phrase in Google and pulled up 4 hits all [...]

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Quiet I think He has something to say

Quiet I think He has something to say. I think we have all been in situations where the quiet guy finally has had enough and speaks up. The rooms becomes awkward, everyone is hanging on to every word. The bombshell of honesty settles in and the crowd goes away in deep thought. Thoughts like “wow [...]

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Preparing the Jacob generation for the time of Jacob’s trouble

The sitting of the dream below: In real Life I had just had surgery, my stomach had pushed through a hole in my diaphragm. I had unbelievable pain with food getting lodged in my esophagus. They pulled my stomach down and fixed the diaphragm. they took a muscle from down by my spleen and wrapped [...]

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He is coming !!!

The whole world is looking for 1 man who will have an answer for every problem. Peace in the middle east , Health Care for everyone , and a plan to save the planet from certain destruction. I have had the pleasure to travel half way around the world and back this last year and I [...]

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Hope City

Information just below is from the Hope City web page http://www.hopecitykc.org Ray and Lisa Stribling are the directors and founder of Hope City KC. They carry the heart and the mandate to see the message of prayer break into the inner city. Ray and Lisa through Hope City, long to see the lives of the addicted, [...]

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The If’s of Jesus through the eyes of Matthew

I was asked to preach this last Sunday at the BARN at 8000 Oldham road in Kansas city Missouri. It is our Home church and it’s actually an old horse barn converted first to a large living room to be somewhat of a house Church. No one wanted to multiply into other houses so it just [...]

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Where I’ve been and where I’m going

My Family Portrait Most people find their identity and self worth from their job or in the things they do. It is my desire to paint a picture of my family with words, discovering in the process just who we are. I carry the same name as my Grandfather John Gross so let me start [...]

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Prophetic number ?

Prophetic numbers ? Well sometimes I am sure that is the case some times just weird coincidences. Yesterday I had record number of views of my blog site. That number was 333  double what the record was and triple what the average per day is. What is unusual is that while I am typing this, [...]

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Dianna , Her strength for my journey, we finish together !

    Dianna always gives Her best and puts Her own desires on hold Need an honest answer, come to Her, you know the truth is told Though others leave when times get tough I know she will remain When my heart is parched and dry Her words have come like rain She has suffered [...]

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The Humanity of Jesus touched by our pain

I am by defintion a bapticostal, raised in a traditional baptist family even a preachers Kid. I took the road of rebellion like many of my pears, only to find the end lonely, dark, and revolting. Through a dramatic encounter with the Lord, I found Jesus as my rescuer, my deliverer, my peace, and ultimately as my [...]

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