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The Spirit-Inspired Writings of Rev. Aaron Houghton
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Just Soil and Ash...
Genesis 18:23-32 “It’s not like you to do this!” That seems quite a statement to make to God. Maybe Abraham can pull it off, but are the...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 28, 20195 min read
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To Mars and Beyond!
Acts 17: 16-34 It’s an exciting day at Ampthill as we prepare to launch our Vacation Bible School to Mars and Beyond. I figured, what...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 28, 20198 min read
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...Including Their Wives and Children
Daniel 6 Darius has those who conspired against Daniel thrown over to the lions along with their wives and children..and this is a story...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 28, 20197 min read
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Disgusting Freaks
Luke 10:25-37 Many of the students with whom I work at the Faison Center will take leisure breaks on classroom computers or iPads to...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 23, 20198 min read
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The Hope of Sharing
Romans 5:1-5 I’d like to share the words of Paul with you this morning. Not the apostle Paul, author of the letter to the Romans, but...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 16, 20196 min read
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Drenched!
Acts 2:1-21 13 or 14 years ago, I was serving as a camp counselor at Camp Hanover for the summer and leading a group of 12 middle...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 14, 20198 min read
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Faithful in Hospitality
Acts 16: 9-15 “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” -Lydia, Acts 16:15 I’ve been thinking a lot...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
May 26, 20196 min read
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Who Was I That I Could Hinder God?
Acts 11:1-18 God loves without borders. This was the phrase that echoed around in my head as I sat with this week’s Scripture lesson from...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
May 23, 20195 min read
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Butterfly Wings and Other Things That Open
Luke 24:14-39 The church where I grew up had a tradition of releasing butterflies on Easter morning. We would take the blossomed cross...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 21, 20196 min read
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Untying the Colt
Luke 19:28-40 Palm Sunday: the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a colt as crowds wave palm branches and...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 13, 20195 min read
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My Richest Gain I Count But Loss
Philippians 3:4b-14 Isaac Watts wrote over 600 hymns in his lifetime, but perhaps one of the best loved is “When I Survey the Wond’rous...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 7, 20195 min read
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The Ways and Plans of God
Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 14:15-24 Everything starts with an invitation. “Let there be light.” God was inviting new possibility into being....
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 25, 20193 min read
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The Pharisees’ Warning
Luke 13:30-35 The death toll from the hate-fueled terrorist attack in the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand is now at 50. When a...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 17, 20197 min read
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Is It an Opportune Time, Yet?
Luke 4:1-13 “We are not tempted to do what we cannot do but what is within our power.” [1] I read this sentence in Fred Craddock’s...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 10, 20195 min read
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Where Is Your Heart?
A Meditation for Ash Wednesday... Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 On a cosmic level, we are dust...everything is dust...space dust particles finding...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 10, 20193 min read
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Hide and Seek
Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 One January, a few years back, I went to Rome for a seminary class. Apart from about an hour and...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 3, 20195 min read
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When Life Gives You Lemons...
Genesis 45:1-15 Thanks to YouTube you can now find countless adorable videos of young children biting into a lemon slice for the first...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 25, 20197 min read
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The Power of Power
Luke 6:17-26 “The whole crowd wanted to touch him, because power was going out from him and he was healing everyone.” This verse caught...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 17, 20196 min read
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Here I Am
Isaiah 6:1-13 This would be one of my worst nightmares: to have a dream or vision of the presence of God calling me to preach, preparing...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 10, 20197 min read
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The Greatest
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 “How fitting,” some might think, “to use this text with Valentine’s day coming up.” Some might think that, but not...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 3, 20194 min read
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