Germantown Church of The Brethren
You may have seen or heard this before but sometimes we forget that this is all “borrowed” time. In an obituary, between the “o” and the “uary” is a bit. That is YOUR LIFE, your legacy. It is the “dash” between date of birth and date of death. How big is your “bit”? Are you doing a little bit or […]
Entropy is one of the consequences of the second law of thermodynamics. The most popular concept related to entropy is the idea of disorder. Entropy is the measure of disorder: the higher the disorder, the higher the entropy of the system. … This means that the entropy of the universe is constantly increasing. All of life goes directly in the opposite direction … that simply
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“A FRESH START” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: 2 Corinthians 5 (Focus vs. 16–20) MEMORY VERSE “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 BACKGROND Chinese New Year celebrations are observed by Chinese families everywhere.
“HIS AMAZING HELP” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) FEBRUARY 10, 2022 READ: Psalm 147 Focus vs. 8–17) MEMORY VERSE “[God] spreads the snow like wool.” Psalm 147:16 BACKGROUND The sheriff marveled at the prayers, estimating “hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of prayers” were lifted to God for help
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OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: John 13 (Focus vs. 31–35) MEMORY VERSE “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34 BACKGROUND I wasn’t truthful about the tulips. A gift from my younger daughter, the
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“LIVING WELL” READ: Ecclesiastes 7 (Focus vs. 1–4) MEMORY VERSE” “Death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.” Ecclesiastes 7:2 BACKGROUND Free funerals for the living. That’s the service offered by an establishment in South Korea. Since it opened in 2012, more than 25,000 people—from teenagers to retirees—have participated in
Brethren have a long tradition of “gathering around the Word.” Taking the New Testament as our guide, we discuss what Jesus did—and why. Then we try to pattern our own lives after his. “Where two or three are gathered together in my name,” Jesus promised, “there am I in the midst of them.” Through the
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“INSIGHT FROM THE SPIRIT” READ: John 16 (Focus vs.12–15) MEMORY VERSE “When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” John 16:13 BACKGROUND As the French soldier dug in the desert sand, reinforcing the defenses of his army’s encampment, he had no idea he would make a momentous discovery.
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“A TIME TO SPEAK” READ: Ecclesiastes 3 (Focus vs. 1–7) MEMORY VERSE There is a time for everything . . . a time to be silent and a time to speak. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7 BACKGROUND For thirty long years, the African American woman worked faithfully for a large global ministry. Yet when she sought to
