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1. An Angel Came to Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25

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Samuel G. Candler

We too often forget about poor Joseph. Every year, we tend to focus on the story of Mary. But this year, it's Joseph. Now, if the angel can appear to Mary, and then also appear to Joseph, there's a lesson in that. That means that the angel can appear to you and me, too. In the Bible, the annunciation does not occur only once, but twice-not just to a woman, but also to a man. The Bible, then, car...

2. Fishing Takes Practice

Matthew 4:18-22

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Samuel G. Candler

Ernest Hemingway loved fishing as much as he loved writing. He would never have been a great writer had he not fished, and he would never have been a great fisherman had he not written. Maybe his great work "The Old Man and the Sea" is so powerful because it is at one time so dramatically simple and also so dramatically deep. But "The Old Man and The Sea" is only one of Hemingway's great stories a...

3. Follow Me…

Matthew 4:1-11

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Samuel G. Candler

"Follow me, and I will make you fishers," said Jesus. Fishing takes practice, preparation, discipline. One must learn how to best throw the net, how to make the mouth of the net come open too. I can throw the actual cast net a long way, but I can't always make the net come open so that it will actually form a circle around the fish. One must learn how to cast the line on a rod. Again, some folks c...

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1. An Angel Came to Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25

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Samuel G. Candler

2. Fishing Takes Practice

Matthew 4:18-22

Illustration

Samuel G. Candler

3. Follow Me…

Matthew 4:1-11

Illustration

Samuel G. Candler

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