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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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John 16:8
Friday May 3, 2024 John 16:8 “And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.” We have noted before the quiet comfort contained in these words of Jesus. But you will perhaps say: the … 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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The Passion of Patience
Thursday May 2, 2024 Habakkuk 2:3 If it seems slow, wait for it. Patience is not indifference; patience conveys the idea of an immensely strong rock withstanding all onslaughts. The vision of God is the source of patience, because it … 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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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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