Todd Pylant

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Name: Todd Pylant
Date registered: September 30, 2011
URL: http://www.toddpylant.com

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  1. National Moment of Remembrance — May 21, 2013
  2. God’s Heart for the Poor — May 15, 2013
  3. A Global Snapshot: What’s Our World Really Like? — May 14, 2013
  4. The State of Poverty — May 14, 2013
  5. Batsar (Jeremiah 33.3) — May 9, 2013

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May 21

National Moment of Remembrance

What we have come to know as a “three day weekend” began in the grieving hearts of those who had survived our nation’s deadliest war. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed by General John Logan and was first observed on May 30, 1868 when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at …

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May 15

God’s Heart for the Poor

At the risk of asking an offensive question, why should we care about the poor? If we embrace a Darwinian Evolutionary Theory of nature, then there is no reason for a stronger member of a species to sacrifice to help a weaker member. It makes no evolutionary sense. Eliminate the weaker members of the herd …

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May 14

A Global Snapshot: What’s Our World Really Like?

The following gives us a quick snap shot of the world in which we live, a world that we share with over 7 billion other people. Population There are over 7 billion people currently living on earth. The world’s population is growing by about 0.8% each year, adding nearly 80 million people annually. Every second, …

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May 14

The State of Poverty

As our church prepares to participate in Compassion Sunday, here are a few stats about poverty to put our discussion on Sunday morning in perspective. Every day 1,500 women die from complications in pregnancy or childbirth that could have been prevented. Each day 10,000 newborns die within a month of birth, and daily the same number of babies …

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May 09

Batsar (Jeremiah 33.3)

Earlier, I introduced the idea of reading the words and ministry of the prophet Jeremiah in light of the upcoming Mother’s Day.  If the apostle John found no greater joy than hearing of his children walking in the truth (see 3 John 4), then Jeremiah certainly found no greater anguish as he watched Israel not …

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May 08

No Greater Anguish (Jeremiah 33.3)

The apostle John wrote about his greatest joy, I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. (3 John 4) Of course, John was not writing about his biological children, but his spiritual children, those whom he had birthed into the faith and nurtured into maturity. The apostle …

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Apr 30

Loving Others and Abhorring Evil (Romans 12.9-10)

The big sport’s story of the day is that Jason Collins, who plays for the Washington Wizards of the NBA, has publicly announced that he is gay. He becomes the first active player in one of the four major USA professional sports leagues to come out as gay. The reaction to the announcement has been quite predictable. …

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Apr 19

Living Hope (1 Peter 1.3-9)

In a few hours, I will have the honor of speaking at the funeral services of Inez Perkins, a sweet saint and member of FBC Benbrook who went home to be with the Lord this past Sunday. In preparing to celebrate her life and to share the hope of the gospel with those who grieve, …

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