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“But God” Brings Hope
When Things Look Bad, “But God” Brings Hope Life can throw some tough moments our way. Times when it feels like everything’s going wrong, and hope is hard to find. But in the Bible, there’s this powerful phrase, “but God,” that shows up when it’s most needed. It’s God stepping in, turning bad situations into…
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The Destruction of Doubting
All true Christians believe the Bible is the inerrant Words of God as a matter of faith. Why is that so important? Doubt means that we are substituting our own reasoning and understanding of the natural world to the things God has down and is written about. Doubt in God’s Word hobbles us to what…
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Leading by Following Christ
Leading Like Jesus: A Call to Deny Ourselves “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.” (Luke 9:23-24) These words from Jesus in Luke 9:23-24…
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Jacob’s Ladder is Jesus
The Connection Between John 1:51 and Genesis 28:12: A Divine Bridge I am always amazed how the New Testament fulfills the Old Testament. I know I should not be but the more I dig the more incredible the Bible becomes. I have heard it many times, that as you tug at a truth revealed in…
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The Marriage Covenant
This is a bonus to the seven-part series on the covenants of God. This is not to judge anyone but an explanation of how God honors both His and our covenants. This honoring of covenants is why He did not allow Satan to take Job’s wife when He allow him to take everything else. Marriage…
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The Covenants: New Covenant
This is part seven of a seven-part series on the covenants of God. I recognize that the entire Bible is His covenant with humanity, but I will focus on these seven. “From dry bones to a glorified body, the New Covenant transforms not just our hearts but the very fabric of creation, sealing God’s promise…
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The Covenants: Davidic
This is part six of a seven-part series on the covenants of God. I realize the entire Bible is His covenant with humanity, but I am going to focus on these seven. “From a shepherd’s field to an eternal dynasty, God’s promise to David unveils a kingdom that no earthly power can topple, one crowned…
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Jesus is Lord
But, Jesus is also the Messiah and as the Messiah, he was a person and he came to do the work of the Messiah (to redeem us from our sins). So, when we read in God’s Word, especially when the Apostle Paul’s writes that “Jesus is Lord” what exactly does Paul mean in using “Lord”…
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Who is going to tell those who are waiting for someone to bring the Good News to them?
I have to confess that I am troubled about something. Why are some churches not interested in evangelizing the world as Jesus commanded us? In some churches, outreach into the community only involves the good works of helping with someone’s physical needs: food, a vehicle, a medical issue, repair to a home and so on…
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Two kinds of Righteousness
There are essentially two different kinds of righteousness; both kinds arelegitimate and both kinds are to be present in us. One kind is the saving kind and it is superior to the other kind; it is the kind of righteousness that is given to us as a free gift from God. It comes not by…
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Trusting God
Trusting is: 1) A sincere inner belief in the nature and character of the God of Israel, and 2) A sincere outer belief that is confirmed by proclaiming this belief in public by means of confessing it. What are we to sincerely believe? First, that Jesus is Lord and second that God The Father raised…
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The Covenants: Mosaic
This is part five of a seven-part series on the covenants of God. I realize the entire Bible is His covenant with humanity, but I am going to focus on these seven. “At the foot of a trembling mountain, God delivered a covenant, not a ladder to salvation, but a mirror to reveal our need…