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How do you treat the good looking and the well-dressed?  How do you treat the homeless who might wander into your church worship service?  These are powerful questions that we must know how to answer to avoid the judgement that might keep us out of an eternal home with God.  Listen and be blessed!

Imagine being invited to have dinner with God!  How would you act; what would you do?  Listen to today's devotional on Psalm 15 and hear what this is all about!  Be blessed!

Do you remember long - distance calls?  They're pretty much a thing of the past today, but there are plenty who still remember paying precious money for talking to loved ones in other cities where the costs were quite significant.  But, God's calls have always been free!  So, how often do we call on God?  Listen and learn what the Old Testament passage says about God and what G...

Are you or anyone you know, a hot-head?  You know, someone who reacts rather than responds to situations?  Did you know that in one case, a hot-head ended up in prison for throwing one punch that sent a man to his death by hitting his head on the curb?  Listen and learn about how best to live!  Live like a believer!

Do you hold on to human traditions like they were truly valuable and worth more than God?  If you do, please listen to this devotional.  Even if you don't, Jesus has some solid words to share with us.  Listen and be blessed!

Who has been the greatest teacher you've ever had the privilege of having?  Was it a college professor or a high school teacher?  Was it your Mom or Dad, or grandmother, grandfather?  Listen to today's devotional and hear about a great teacher of faith.  Oh, and he was also a king.

On whose side are you on?  You probably have heard those words at one point in your life.  Have you ever heard, "Who is your God?  And how are you serving Him?"  Listen to today's devotional based on Joshua's challenge to the people of God as they had to choose Whom they would serve.  Be a blessing!

Paul describes how every believer has at their access, the full armor of God.  More than likely this came from his house arrest and the Roman soldier assigned to guard him.  Listen and be blessed!

There are many sad verse in the Bible, but this one ranks WAY up there, and it's even verse 6:66!  Listen and learn which one Pastor Eradio believes to be the saddest verse in the Bible!

What a wonderful psalm to close the week's study of the Lectionary.  And the best way to study this particular psalm is by starting with the last verse!  Listen and learn!  Listen to be blessed and to share that blessing with others!

It was a game someone made up in our neighborhood that we kids played often; if you found a bottle with a genie in it, and the genie appeared and said you could have three wishes, what would they be?  What a game!  Then TV came up with a whole show about Barbara Eden as a genie in a bottle that appears to Col. Nelson and he gets to get all the wishes he wants.  But, if God asked you...

What does it mean to live a life set apart?  Apart from what?  Listen to the devotional as we study Ephesians 5:15-20 and be blessed!

To have a human being say, "I am the living bread of life," is not something all will receive willingly and with complete faith, and for that person to say that others can feast on his body, well, that invited allegations of cannibalism.  Listen to today's passage and the promises made by Jesus for us.  Be blessed!

Here's probably the world's oldest prayers, and it's a simple, yet powerful one; Help me, God!  I am willing to say most of the major characters in the Bible, both Old and New Testament at one time or another, prayed that simply prayer asking God for help.  You and I may have prayed it as well.  Listen and be blessed!

Would you like to live in a palace?  Or do you already?  Is your palace free from fights, disagreements, quarrels, war?  Listen and learn!

Who has inspired you to live better, even to the point of imitating them?  Did you ever imitate a superhero as a child?  This passage from Ephesians says we have a SUPER HERO we should imitate.  Listen and learn!

Don't you love the smell of fresh baked bread?  In our region of the world, those smells that waft out of the windows of bakeries for national chains of bread aren't as prevalent as they once were, but those who smelled them once never forgot that delicious aroma.  Imagine the bread of life and His scent of salvation and freedom!  Jesus is the Bread of Life; come to Him and live! &n...

David felt, after his encounter with God, that his sins were just too heavy and dirty and asks to be washed in the laundry.  I don't know about you, but I have been there too!  Listen and be blessed to today's lesson.

Part Two of the Soap Opera, As the Palace Turns - the exciting drama of David and his torrid love affair with another man's wife, her pregnancy, and the ordered death of her husband... Yes, stuff of soap operas, but also true stories from the most honest book in the world, The Holy Bible; and stories that mirror our lives... Hear how God dealt with David's sin, and hear how God may deal with our s...

What's the best job of all the jobs you've ever had?  What was the worst?  Listen as the Apostle Paul describes the work you and I have to do as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ!  Be blessed!

Imagine having a hunger and thirst for God and no one around to help you with those appetites?  Jesus came for that very reason, and as we have seen in the last couple of weeks' study of the gospel lessons, He came to make people whole and to offer them the food that never ceases to satisfy.  Listen and be blessed!

Are you full of gas?  Would someone call you a sack of farts?  Well, one version of the Bible says that those who say there is no God are just full of gas!  Listen and learn!

The subject title for this devotional would be a great name for a soap opera on the life of David the King.  No longer the little shepherd boy or the giant killer, he's a grown man with grown man needs and desires.  Listen and learn the story behind this soap opera!  Be blessed!

How are you living your life?  Are you living it in a way that shows that your grounding and rootedness is in the soil of Christ's love?  Or, does it give you away as a hateful person, or apathetic person?  Listen and learn, learn to be a blessing!

One thing many people like about some churches and ministries is the food!  And there's nothing wrong with that, but when Jesus speaks about bread, He's talking about something different altogether.  Listen and be blessed!