For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another (1 John 3:11, ESV). The Apostle John was the only apostle who died a natural death at close to 1oo years old. Let’s consider his legacy: apostle, wrote five books of the New Testament (inspired by the Holy Spirit), pastor […]
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As he [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him … Having said these things, he spit on the
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Though he slay me, I will hope in him (Job 13:15a, ESV). Job wakes up one morning and offers a sacrifice for his children in case they had previously sinned. Later, he learns his livestock had been stolen, bandits massacred his servants, and his children were all killed in a freakish windstorm. We know the true
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Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires (James 1:19-20, NLT). As a grandparent, I get a second chance, having totally enjoyed my children’s athletic events, to watch my grandchildren in soccer, basketball, and
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I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me (Psalm 3:5, ESV). We all dream both good and bad dreams. We feel blessed and euphoric from some dreams, and then we have a nightmare. Can we make sense of our dreams? What does the Bible teach about dreams? The Bible mentions dreams about 100
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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night (Psalm 1:1-2, ESV). When I write my series, Psalms on Saturday, I look through my notes to find a
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As part of his “armor of God” image used by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians, he writes… And, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace (Ephesians 6:15, ESV). The Greek word for “readiness” can also be translated as “preparation.” Are we ready to defend the gospel? Early
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And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:18-19a, ESV). When Jesus revealed that “all authority” had been given to Him, the next thing he told the Apostles was to “Go!” Most Christians agree that we need to share Jesus;
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Jesus told the disciples at the end of the Book of Mark… Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation (Mark 16:15, ESV). The word “gospel” in the Greek means simply “good news.” The world in the first century needed good news; the world since the time of the Apostles has needed good
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By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible (Hebrews 11:3, ESV). I’m grateful for science. The technology from science enables my thoughts to be transferred to a keyboard, to other bits of hardware, to computer programs, and,
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