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The Reverend Stephen Crotts is pastor of Village Presbyterian Church in Charlotte Court House, VA. He is also the director of the Carolina Study Center, Inc., a campus ministry, located in Chapel Hill, NC. Pastor Crotts may be reached at carolinastudycenter@msn.com.

What Does the Bible Say About Being Single?

What Does the Bible Say About Being Single?

Genesis 2:15-23 The first negative statement in the Bible is in Genesis 2:18. “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be…

Time Out

Time Out

It’s 5:30 a.m. I’m sitting on a bridge spanning the Yellowstone River in Wyoming. The faint rose light of dawn is around me as the stream gurgles…

What Does the Bible Say About Being Single?

What Does the Bible Say About Being Single?

Genesis 2:15-23 Social purgatory— that’s what we call singleness. “Old maid.” “Spinster.” “Set in his ways.” “Nobody would have him.” These are the epithets we hurl at…

Two Things to Master Before You Say “I Do!”

Two Things to Master Before You Say “I Do!”

Matthew 7:24-27 Hear the words of a love song, a rock and roll classic, called, “Let It Be Me.” “I bless the day I found you, I…

Balance: Walking the Tight Rope of Faith (Part 2)

Balance: Walking the Tight Rope of Faith (Part 2)

1 Peter Our text today continues in 1 Peter, “The Big Fisherman.” He was a waterman, a boater, used to  casting the net. Peter, no doubt, learned…

Christmas and the Eleven O’Clock News

Christmas and the Eleven O’Clock News

Silent Night Gunfire rent the night in Chicago this weekend wounding or killing 51 people. Holy Night Over 83 thieves in California broke into a business in…

The Bent Cross

The Bent Cross

He was a professor of religion, but he had no faith in God.  What he did have was cancer and no hope. I got word through a…

The Meaning of Christmas Music

The Meaning of Christmas Music

When the Lord does something big, His people usually respond with a song. Have you ever noticed this phenomena in Scripture? When the Lord freed the Hebrew…

Don’t Let the Bad Guys Get You Down

Don’t Let the Bad Guys Get You  Down

It’s easy to skim such verses in Scripture, to gloss over them. Maybe it is wishful thinking or even an aversion to conflict. Yet Scripture is honest.…

The Limping Mother

The Limping Mother

I was at a Christian camp. The woman came limping up the hill, a small child in her arms. Concerned that she was lame and carrying a…

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