OUTLINE:Christ willingly ceded superiority temporarily to accomplish a specific goal.True Grace Motivates!Doing good works comes from the motivation of gratitude and love, not from guilt or striving to earn our way. Know Your DestinyThe writer of Hebrews draws his audience of believers into fellowship with their destiny, as co-victors with the Champion who overcame death, […]
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TODAY’S VERSE: Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” In prep school, we have begun watching a video series titled, “What’s In The Bible with Buck Denver” from the same people who made the Veggie Tales. Have you seen those before? They are very cool. Anyway, this series
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I’m hoping someday the Lord asks me to write a book on “owning it”, but for now I’ll have to be satisfied with this blog. The reason I would like to write a book is that the implications of this topic are so broad and so critical to a person’s peace and contentment in this
OUTLINE:The Lord’s HumilityHow much “richer” can you get than to have everything, including perfect love, in Heaven??! And then, to leave Heaven, putting aside Your deity, to willingly go to the Cross??! Php 2, 2Co 8:9 2 Co 8:9 MSGYou are familiar with the generosity of our Master, Jesus Christ. Rich as he was, he
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OUTLINE: Christ willingly ceded superiority temporarily to accomplish a specific goal.2 Co 8:9 MSGYou are familiar with the generosity of our Master, Jesus Christ. Rich as he was, he gave it all away for us — in one stroke he became poor and we became rich.Php 2:7-8but emptied [Greek active voice – He was the agency
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I received a wonderful phone call recently, but I will get back to that in a moment. If you have been keeping up with my blogs (or speaking with me directly) you know that it has been a very challenging year for me and my sweet little kitty, Mulligan. She has been very ill and
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OUTLINE:Christ willingly ceded superiority temporarily to accomplish a specific goal.Jn 10:17-18For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have
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Some say golf is a terribly boring game. Maybe that’s the point… Don’t we have enough stimuli in this world? Might we need a little more “boring” in our lives? What is “boring” anyway? And why is it ever considered a bad thing? Might we turn the tables on this caustic perspective? Golf is awesome
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OUTLINE:The Heb 2:5 TransitionThis verse acts as a bridge between the exposition in 1:5-14 (‘Christ superior to angels’) and that in 2:6-13 (‘Christ willingly ceded superiority temporarily to accomplish a specific goal’). Jn 10:17-18For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one
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During the ancient times of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the custom was that when the father died, the eldest son would become the head of the family and receive a double portion of the inheritance. This was his birthright. Said birthright was sometimes transferred to another person, in uncommon circumstances. The Lord, of course, could