Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” (Revelation 6:1, ESV) It’s difficult to find a more terrifying sight than the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. My thoughts: they are in the past, or just evil that keeps repeating […]
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And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death (Revelation 12:11, ESV). It’s not the number of books read that’s important; it’s the quality of Spirit within those books. In today’s culture, too many books have a 50,000-word limit, published
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For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, “Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming” (Luke 18:4-5, ESV). There’s nothing more powerful than a praying mother. In yesterday’s
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Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful (1 Corinthians 4:2, ESV). The first verse that I memorized was Romans 13:14 … But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts (NASB1995). Reading about the great theologian Augustine (354-430 A.D.), I learned that though living a
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people (1 Timothy 2:1, ESV). First Timothy 2:1 is an energy bar for prayer. When I ride my bike for a couple of hours, it’s essential to take sustenance. Lately I’ve been carrying a Kind® apple cinnamon protein bar
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And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12, ESV). The Greek word for salvation is “sozo” (long “o” sound for both 0’s), and it means “totally made well”. I love this translation of Hebrews 7:25 in the New International Version… Therefore
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Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals (Revelation 5:1, ESV, emphasis added). Beginning in chapter 5, we start what some call the “real” book of Revelation. Not that the letters to the seven churches and the throne
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Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God (Romans 1:1, ESV). Christianity was the first groundswell religious movement in history. Without backing from either a government or current religious organization (in fact opposed by the governments and religions of that day), Christianity became a Roman empire-wide movement by the
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 1:3, ESV). I believe you will need grace to keep your peace with the following “OG’s Impossible N.T. People Test”. Periodically, I post tests to check your Biblical acumen, thinking them difficult, but at 6:05 a.m. (Interruptions sent at
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Next to Jesus, the Apostle Paul was the most influential person in history. He wrote the most books in the New Testament, started the modern missionary movement that is still active 2,000 years later, upended Greek philosophy by rooting the meaning of existence in the resurrection of Jesus, defined grace as the foundation of Christianity,
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