OUTLINE: What/Who Is Eternal Life?God is not only the source of all life, but the embodiment of it. The Opposite of LifeDeath is the opposite of life. It is what God promised mankind in the event they ever disobeyed Him. By its very nature, disobedience is a proclamation of ejection from the sphere of eternal life, namely […]
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Before I even begin making my point here, I have to give you a little background on the Greek language. In particular, the present tense as it pertains to verbs. In brief, when we encounter the present tense, we ought to think about something done habitually. Colloquially, we might call this “real-time, all the time.”
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I think sometimes we forget the centrality of Jesus Christ to life, itself. I mean, His person and His work on the Cross are the standout elements of His incarnation. But, we are remiss when our conception of Him ends there. He is so much more than just our Lord and Savior (not to belittle
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“How sad it would be to come to the end of life and realize that most of our time was spent in slaving for what was already included in the ticket home to heaven!” — William MacDonaldJesus possesses wisdom so brilliant that it transcends all underlying knowledge becoming divinely simple. Such is the pattern for
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We might drive our car twenty miles per day all week without a refill. However, if we drive five hundred miles, we’ll likely run out of gas. There are two fundamental considerations to filling our gas tanks. First, we must actually take the time to fill it (dah!). Second, a full tank of gas will
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I’ve been thinking about these school shootings I hear about on the news… Jesus Christ is the divine originator of life. Chew on that for a moment. Consider why those without Him are wretches, even preferring murderers over the “Prince of life.” But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to
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River stone, sea glass, clouds in the sky… These are just a few things that come to mind when I think about one of my all-time favorite words, elegance. I won’t go so far as reserving its use for only transcendent observations, but it certainly holds a rarified place in my vernacular. If you’ll just
According to www.theknot.com, the standard wedding vows read: “I, ___, take thee, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and
Bill is one of those guys that you don’t forget…nay, that you cannot forget…that your subconscious, even, refuses to loosen your memory of. Bill is infectious. ’Tis why standing over him while he peacefully lay on his deathbed, in the presence of his wife, his daughter-in-law, and me (the least of all in the moment) was so
The older I get, the more I find myself reading the labels on the back of food packaging. When I was younger and presuming invincibility, I would poke fun at those who used to do this. Now, here I am, looking down my nose, underneath my prescription glasses, trying to read all of the fine
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