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Spiritual Nuggets 5/13/2024
It Has Been Granted To You “It has been granted to her that she be dressed in bright, clean fine linen” (Revelation 19:8), announces a voice from heaven in John’s revelation. The voice describes the bride who waits in anticipation—representing … Continue reading
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Bear One Another’s Burdens – 4
Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Carrying Burdens (verse 2). Paul turns again to the corporate responsibility of all Spirit-led Christians: Bear one another’s burdens. “Through love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13) means to bear each other’s burdens. After all, bearing burdens … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 5/12/2024
The oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. PSALM 9:18 Billy Graham In times like these, we realize how weak and inadequate we are, and our greatest need is to TURN in … Continue reading
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Bear One Another’s Burdens – 3
Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Restoring Sinners, Examining Yourself (verse 1) – Continued However, you will notice that the exact methods of restoration are not described by Paul. They will vary according to the individual circumstances. But Paul does specify the … Continue reading
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Faith From The Beginning 5/11/2024
The Reward of Faith “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness’ . . . . No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in … Continue reading
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Bear One Another’s Burdens – 2
Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Restoring Sinners, Examining Yourself (verse 1) – Continued In order to bring healing to the sinner, we must have a compassionate view of the one who has sinned. Paul doesn’t define the kind of sin, he … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/10/2024
Big Picture Hope Some Bible passages are so perplexing that we’re not really sure what to make of them. Such is the case with Ezekiel 38:1-39:24. As we closely examine this text, we can easily lose sight of its message. … Continue reading
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Bear One Another’s Burdens – 1
Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 In previous chapters of Galatians Paul has led the Galatian believers to understand the historical and theological background for the crisis in their churches and given them general principles about life in the Spirit. Now he … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/09/2024
A New Way of Being God calls us to live lives that are distinguished by His light, clearly separate from our old way of being. He wants to make us a new creation by separating the light from the darkness … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/08/2024
Shepherding Is a Tough Business Leadership requires accountability, yet many leaders of the past considered themselves above rebuke. Even when their deeds failed to catch up to them in their own lifetimes, history judged them clearly. History often remembers and … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/07/2024
Mercy and Judgment “God is judge,” we like to say—especially when someone is struggling with injustice. When we get to the book of Revelation, though, we might struggle to understand God’s judgment. Yet even as John describes God dispensing judgment, … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/06/2024
Picturing God If you were to ask five people at random, “How do you picture God?” you would receive five very different answers. A social network prompt to “describe God in one word” confirms this idea: It resulted in more … Continue reading
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Praise The Lord 5/05/2024
Your People Rejoice, O Lord! How we Your people rejoice in Your strength, O LORD! We shout with joy because You give us victory. For You have given us our heart’s desire; You have withheld nothing we have requested. You … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 5/05/2024
The oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. PSALM 9:18 Billy Graham The deepest problems of the human race are SPIRITUAL. They are rooted in man’s refusal to seek God’s way for … Continue reading
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Faith From The Beginning 5/04/2024
For Us Also WHAT was true of Abraham is true today. Salvation and justification still come by believing God’s Word concerning His Son, His miraculously conceived, supernaturally born Son. That is what John says in 1 John 5:9-10: “If we … Continue reading
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The Cross, Wisdom and Power – 6
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 When it comes down to it, the cross was, after all, not an event outside the realm of politics. The largest, best-organized, and relatively most just empire in world history was executing a nonviolent Teacher … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/03/2024
Persist, Don’t Just Exist The phrase “patient endurance” brings to mind the pasted-on smile of a parent regarding a misbehaving child—a parent clinging to the hope that someday this stage will pass. In Revelation the term is used in a … Continue reading
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The Cross, Wisdom and Power – 5
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Some of the alternative understandings of what the cross is about are quite right in their place; others are more questionable. Yet none of them is appropriate if understood as a replacement, rather than a … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/02/2024
The Last Person You Would Expect Yahweh is capable of doing anything and everything He pleases. If He were not a good God, this would be deeply frightening, but considering His wonderful character, this is comforting. In Ezekiel 26:1-6, Yahweh … Continue reading
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The Cross, Wisdom and Power – 4
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 The gospel of Christ is not obscure and deceitful. It does not ask for blind faith, faith without a reason, but it does ask for confession. It does not spare us the decision to recognize … Continue reading
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