Author Archives: Jon Gleason

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About Jon Gleason

Former Pastor of Free Baptist Church of Glenrothes

A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 18:13

SLOW DOWN! We always get in a hurry to talk, to answer, to proclaim our great knowledge and wisdom on the matter at hand. Continue reading

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The “One Another’s” for Believers

I passed this out on paper in our church a few years ago, but it’s been a while, so I thought I would put it out here.  It’s a pretty simple concept.  I found all the verses in the New … Continue reading

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Is Inter-faith Dialogue the Answer?

The Courier had a report about a Leslie drug addict convicted of assaulting a Muslim woman by pulling a burka from her head in the Glenrothes town centre.  The article contained the following intriguing quote from Imam Manzoor Zaman: What we need in Fife … Continue reading

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A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 16:32

Others may vent their feelings, but God wants us to be people who rule our own spirit, who exercise self-control. Continue reading

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Le Tour — The Image of God Made an Appearance

Check out the video in this report from the Tour de France.  A car driver reportedly ignored instructions from race authorities, and he hit Juan Antonio Flecha and knocked him over into the path of the Dutch rider, Johnny Hoogerland.  The next we see, Hoogerland is turning … Continue reading

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A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 15:10

1) Don’t sin, because the correction may be “grievous”. 2) When we do sin and correction comes, accept it as the loving hand of God, and let Him carry you out of the deep water in which you are sinking. Continue reading

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A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 14:9

Mocking sin and the Saviour is foolish and not righteous behaviour, and when friends, neighbours, or entertainers do this, we need to opt out. Continue reading

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