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March 18th, one week from next Tuesday, is Primary Election Day in Illinois. If this year is like most “off year” primary elections, about 1,600,000 citizens will vote. This is about 22.5% of the 7,300,000 registered voters in our State. … Continue reading →

Genesis 3:7-13 7 “Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in … Continue reading →

Genesis 3:1-13 1 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” … Continue reading →

Beyond any and all doubt, the Fall of Adam and Eve into sin is the greatest catastrophe to occur in all of time and eternity: The destruction of the Created Universe is a direct result of this event! All crime, … Continue reading →

Genesis 2:1-3 1 “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 “And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work … Continue reading →

Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 Psalm 139:16 “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them.” On this cold New … Continue reading →

1:24 “And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to … Continue reading →

1st Thessalonians 2:13 “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the … Continue reading →

Matthew 1:1-17   The Two Most Important Things About Christmas! 1 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2  Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob … Continue reading →

Today is Friday, December 6th, 2013. It is the day 340th of the year; there are 25 days left in 2013; and, only 19 days left until Christmas! Mark 2:15-17 (ESV) 15 “And as he reclined at table in his house, … Continue reading →