Three Rivers News, 12/10/02 -
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Published on: 12/10/2002
Last Visited: 8/27/2006
Today's guest speaker was Rev. Ernie Madden of the Milo Baptist Church.Besides preaching from the pulpit, Rev. Madden was in the teaching profession for ten years.He said he has a passion for monkeys and one of his favorite monkey posters had to do with studying more, knowing more, forgetting more, studying more, so why study!Rev. Madden spoke to us today about illogical reasoning.He told about people in his family wagering on football games, either illogically or studying the teams to determine which would be more likely to end up as victors.
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Rev. Madden reminded us that kids have an excuse for everything but before God, we are speechless.The Bible tells us to take the narrow road to heaven and God sent his son Jesus to guide us on the right path.Jesus means "He Saves" and Immanuel means "God with us".Jesus could have stayed in his comfortable heaven but came to earth in very humble circumstances to save us from our sins.Poor logic tells us that there are many ways to salvation but the only way to enter heaven is through the Gift of Christmas.The world needs a Savior and God is our only Savior.Thank you Rev. Madden for your enlightening words; especially during this Christmas season.