OUTLINE: “there is nothing new under the sun”Today, it’s this “crisis”, tomorrow, it’s yet another, and so on. The only constant in life is change. However, with Christ, the Rock, our minds don’t have to waver, our hearts may remain steady, our peace unshakable – all of these things are God-given rights as saints in […]
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TODAY’S VERSE:Genesis 3:14-15 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
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Have you ever heard the phrase, “Ask Jesus into your heart”? Is this biblical? Doesn’t it presuppose that Jesus is sort of just hanging around waiting to be invited into the heart of man? The whole fictitious scene reminds me of a shy kid waiting to be asked to dance at a school function, as
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OUTLINE: The Love of GodGod loves us beyond human comprehension; by giving us His Law, He has provided us with the basis for understanding this love. We find it magnified at the Cross, where our transgressions against His perfect law are met with sacrifice. Jn 4:14“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give
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OUTLINE: William Booth“The chief danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.” Lk 24:45-48 NASUThen He (Jesus) opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the
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My wife and I had a good chuckle the other day while studying our Bibles together. Somehow, after discussing John 1, we ended up in Romans 2. That’s one of the things I enjoy most about studying the Bible in groups, even if it’s just two of us…you always end up meandering through the scriptures, talking open-endedly
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When I was enlisted in the U. S. Air Force, I had the privilege of traveling to Kathmandu, Nepal. It was a fascinating place to visit for a young man in his late teens. Two things stand out in my mind from the trip. First, was the size of the bats. I remember eating pizza
Love is transcendent. Maybe the greatest revelation of love is when it rises above self-preservation. Most people will say that they have love, but when it is put to the test, it usually defaults to love of self, at least more than love for others. This is why today it isn’t uncommon for a mother
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Love and humility. What a pair. To abide in the first is to know the second. To know the second is to respond with the first. The dynamic is divinely orchestrated as a blessing for believers alone, a harmonious sphere of godliness. In the beginning [before Creation] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
A woman says to her young daughter, “My dear, to find happiness in this world, you must find a good man to marry, preferably one that makes decent money, so you’ll never have to worry about things.” If I’ve heard this once, I’ve heard it a hundred times described to me by jaded women, including
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