Category Archives: Bible Study

Questions that arise from Main Street’s small group studies

Convinced

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Franklin

I cannot count the number of times I have insisted on something that turned out to be wrong (I wish I could). How embarrassing!! Yes, one of the most frustrating events in life is being convinced in error. I did … Continue reading →

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Space Stations for Tacos

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=promises&iid=1212033″ src=”d/5/4/3/Taco_Bell_Floats_175e.jpg?adImageId=10693265&imageId=1212033″ width=”380″ height=”248″ /]Do you remember the “promise” of a free taco for everyone if Mir fell from the sky and landed on the ‘Bell’s sea-based target? I do, and I actually know people who “had … Continue reading →

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Singing to a Rock

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Robert Franklin

I have suffered a myriad of strange urges in my life, singing to a rock has not been one of them.  Why would someone serenade a mineral or be joyful over a stone?  I suppose I have seen the light of happiness in a woman’s … Continue reading →

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A Touch When a Word Would Do

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=touch&iid=4915429″ src=”3/e/f/e/Amazing_Me_0ce5.jpg?adImageId=10615743&imageId=4915429″ width=”234″ height=”185″ /]Has someone ever comforted you by standing next to you putting their arm around your shoulder while saying nothing?  Ever been nearly knocked down by a friend who playfully bumped into you?  Ever had … Continue reading →

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Smashing Doors

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=smashing+doors&iid=6779440″ src=”2/0/c/b/Smiling_Through_be16.jpg?adImageId=10413064&imageId=6779440″ width=”380″ height=”570″ /]Last night I was working really late.  I was alone and the lights in the office were off.  I had to leave my desk to retrieve something and I ran shoulder-square into a door … Continue reading →

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Negotiating the Ice (of Discontent)

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=ice&iid=7945539″ src=”1/c/3/3/Snow_and_ice_76f1.JPG?adImageId=10366444&imageId=7945539″ width=”234″ height=”147″ /]Once upon a time there was this thing called “winter.”  I read about it in the Little House on the Prairie books.  One scene in particular remains in my memory: visiting the barn during … Continue reading →

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