I feel sad. My heart aches. I’ll tell you why. I look around at those in this world and see them striving for all the wrong things. I watch as they invest everything they have of any value into the world’s system of thinking, in a sincere effort to “succeed”. Their hearts are far from […]
Jesus loved to cut to the chase. He didn’t pull any punches because He was interested in presenting others with the Truth. Sometimes said Truth hurts a little, but in the end, it’s the best medicine even for an already aching soul. For example, have you ever been worn out and someone weaker than you
When it comes to suffering, we always focus on the victim, not the perpetrator. I suppose this is understandable given the simple fact that some of the most profound circumstances we endure involve suffering in our lives. It’s difficult to comprehend the higher order benefits of searing pain when stricken by it. Usually, the only
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OUTLINE: The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – blog 2/17/23 The Book of Hebrews was like a dart thrown by a master dart player.The Audience of HebrewsThis was a church in crisis for several reasons: it had lost its original leaders, it was under constant attack, some members were failing to fellowship together, and some
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OUTLINE: A Godly, Righteous AttitudeIt’s not only one of humility, but one of compassion towards our fellow man. Gracious Words Show Love!We must ask for His Spirit to fill us and guide us into His steadfast love. In this way, we can operate as the preserving “salt of the earth” that we were designed to
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OUTLINE: Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.2Co 9:15Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!The Ancient TruthThe Gospel transcends human history as we think of it, for it was planned by God from eternity past. God has always known that His creatures would fall and that He would save them.
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“In an increasingly widely disseminated TED Talk titled ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong,’ British journalist Johann Hari discusses the available research into the underlying causes of addiction and concludes, rather brilliantly, that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it’s connection. His statement echoes a theme that I and many 21st
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If there’s one thing, no two, that you’re going to spend good money on, let it be on shoes and mattresses. — Some really smart person The average person sleeps roughly 6-8 hours per night. That’s roughly one third of life spent sleeping, presumably on some sort of mattress – whether it resembles a commercially
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We hear this phrase, “living for others,” a lot in Christian circles. But what does that mean, exactly? Is it that we eat, drink, and sleep so that we can simply stay alive because others might miss us if we don’t? I guess fundamentally that’s true. But is that what the Bible describes as truly
Tough love, when received properly, cultivates godly sorrow. Received improperly, it produces ungodly sorrow. There is a vast chasm between the two. While one person is reeling from offending God, the other is focused on self. At some point prior to his writing the second epistle to the Corinthians, Paul wrote what is known as
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