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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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Galatians 5:22-23
Wednesday May 1, 2024 Galatians 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit is . . . gentleness. Nature’s harshness has melted away and she is now beaming with the smile of spring, and everything around us whispers of the gentleness of … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/01/2024
Kingdom Politics We sometimes jump on the bandwagon with politics. Yet if we put our full trust in political candidates, or believe their rise to power is an indication of our future—a common campaign platform—we’re putting our hope in something … Continue reading
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The Cross, Wisdom and Power – 3
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 The cross of Christ later comes to have other meanings as well as the ones we covered in the previous part. It may be spoken about as penalty, as sacrifice, or as victory. But all … Continue reading
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The Fourfold Treasure
Tuesday April 30, 2024 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 4/30/2024
Greener Grasses When God’s people turn from Him, the biblical story becomes solemn, sad, and explicit. “Now as for their names, the older was Oholah, and Oholibah was her sister. And they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters, … Continue reading
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The Cross, Wisdom and Power – 2
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 When the Apostle Paul says, “Jews demand signs,” we can surmise that statement sets the tone and is the precedent for the visions of national renewal by means of military upheaval which today are destroying … Continue reading
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But God Seems Remote
Monday April 29, 2024 Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. The reason we sense that God is remote … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 4/29/2024
The Power Behind the Drama The concerns that make up our mini-narratives can sometimes distract us from the great drama in which we have been cast. When a mighty angel appears with a scroll in John’s revelation, the apostle’s part … Continue reading
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The Cross, Wisdom and Power – 1
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 The apostle Paul was no anthropologist. When he speaks here of Jew and of Greek he is most likely not saying that a specific race, even less a specific religion, makes its members all the … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 4/28/2024
The oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. PSALM 9:18 Billy Graham Human nature is the same the world over, and when the gospel of Christ is preached in SIMPLICITY and POWER, … Continue reading
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Classic Devotional 4/28/2024
Centuries of Meditations – First Century 83 They will praise our Savior with you, and turn the world into Heaven. And if you find those of noble and benevolent natures, discreet and magnanimous, liberal and cheerful, wise and holy as … Continue reading
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Christ’s Poverty, Our Riches – 3
Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 8:9 Believers, People Who Know Christ, Are Rich Christians have in Jesus Christ wealth incorruptible, inexhaustible, and unsearchable. Let us expound on this point more clearly to see that I am right in this assertion. Though … Continue reading
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Life In Focus 4/27/2024
The Go-Between PERHAPS as you look at some of the tragedies of the world—the armed conflicts, the political breakdowns, the crimes of injustice or indifference, the ethical compromises—you wonder why some good and strong person cannot be found to lead … Continue reading
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Choice Thoughts
Saturday April 27, 2024 Philippians 4:8 Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. … Continue reading
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