By Patrick Hawthorne In To Fear or Not to Fear…The Fear of the Lord (Part 1) , I discussed that the fear of the Lord is not to be fearful or afraid of the Lord but to walk in such…
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To Fear or Not to Fear…The Fear of the Lord (Part 2)
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Sunday Simple Thought
By Patrick Hawthorne Do you want to add to your Bible experience? On my computer I went on YouTube to watch the Virtual Bible (Book of John). At the same time, I had a Bible opened up on the computer…
Singing Through the Pain
By Patrick Hawthorne I couldn’t help it. The words had barely escaped the Pastors lips when my mind went into production mode. Yes, I had a reel to reel movie playing within the confines of my cranium when I should…
Tagged with: apologetics, Bible, Christianity, depression, funny, God, happy, Holy Spirit, Jesus, joy, music, peace
Posted in Christian, depression, teaching, writing
Posted in Christian, depression, teaching, writing
Depressed about Depression?
By Patrick Hawthorne Years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday, I was in a slump. I was so low I had to look up to see the underside of an ant’s belly. One day all was fine…
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Posted in Christian, depression, teaching
I Want It All…
By Patrick Hawthorne I want it all. What a rather peculiar way to start this article. Nevertheless, it is true; I want it all. The early Church operated at a level that was nothing less than miraculous. Not only was…
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Justified…Just-a-What?
By Patrick Hawthorne One of the greatest failures of the Church, in my humble opinion, is the notion that we feel we must use big churchy words in order to sound, well…more churchy. And then, to sound less churchy, or…
Occupational Redirection
By Patrick Hawthorne A favorite pastime of mine, which really began about a year ago, is to consider what I will do once I retire from my current job. Yet, is the word ‘retire’ really reflective and in line with…
Saying Goodbye
To all those whom I follow and to those who follow me through blogs, I have been a bit distracted by the recent death of my Dad-in-Law (PawPaw). Today, I will be leading his home going ceremony. Let me tell you,…
Simple Shepherds; Simple Men
By Patrick Hawthorne The following article will appear in the December/January edition of the Shreveport Metro Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the…
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5000th View
Knock, knock! “Ummmm…Hello?” SGM has just received its 5000th view since starting this blog one year…and a couple of days…ago. This site, began on a whim as a way to share God’s goodness, has been instrumental in forming many cyber friendships throughout…
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