Author Archives: Jon Gleason

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About Jon Gleason

Former Pastor of Free Baptist Church of Glenrothes

Running WITH PATIENCE

May God protect us from being caught “in the moment” and driven by the wrong motivations. The race is set before us — may we finish it well. Continue reading

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Praise the Lord, Sing Hallelujah!

I’ll be busy today, so I’ll let someone else do all the hard work.  Pastor Don Johnson has a really good post up on Psalm 148.  It’s well worth it. Yesterday, it left me singing (all day) to myself William Kirkpatrick’s … Continue reading

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A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 21:2

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts” (Proverbs 21:2). I posted yesterday about the graciousness of our God.  To understand “grace”, you need to understand that it is love that … Continue reading

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The Lord is Gracious — “Sarah laughed”

God didn’t make excuses for Sarah, but He didn’t blast her with judgment — He blasted her with joy. Continue reading

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Housekeeping Note

In case anyone wonders, I’ve moved all the links from the sidebar to a Links page (at the top).  That lets me say a little more about them.  I’ve also added a couple more links. Also, I added an “About … Continue reading

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Rightly Dividing — “Service” in Romans 12:1

A week ago, I started a new sermon series.  One of the most commonly preached verses in the Bible is Romans 12:1, which tells us to be “living sacrifices”.  This sermon series will be focused largely on the succeeding verses, … Continue reading

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I Ran Two Miles Yesterday

Two miles!  I had to stop and walk twice, once for about 100 metres and once for only about 30 metres. That is pretty pathetic for a guy who used to run marathons, a guy who is supposed to run a half-marathon … Continue reading

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