There are 13 creatures mentioned in the Book of Revelation: The Lamb (Rev. 5:6), the four living creatures (Rev. 4:7), the four horses (Rev. 6:1-8), the Red Dragon (Rev. 12:3), the Beast from the Sea (Rev. 13:1-2), the Beast from the Earth (Rev. 13:11), and the locusts (Rev. 9:3-11). Revelation is a visual of what […]
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Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7, ESV). The One Way House (that became Fellowship Church in Springfield, Ohio) began in January 1972, and soon dozens of Jesus Freaks were attending the meetings. During that year, the One Way House began an association with the Jesus House (more Jesus
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I’m a veteran of more conversations than most. As a former pastor with 50 years of constantly talking to people, one of my commitments upon leaving my role as a Senior Pastor was to talk less. It was easy at first because I didn’t have as many people to talk to. But I still found
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Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more. For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
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Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working (James 5:16, ESV). Yesterday in Interruption #1926, I wrote about the importance of confession. A point I made in that blog post was… Confession is a part of
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Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working (James 5:16, ESV). I typed the wrong prompt into an AI search program for this blog post and received this response, “I am just an AI, so I
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And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” (Revelation 4:8, ESV) When the Apostle John was invited into heaven, what were the
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Reading the writings of Peter and Paul, we get the impression that they knew they would be martyred. Peter writes… I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ
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Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls (James 1:21, NASB1995). Up early a few days ago, I was on my back porch for Bible reading and prayer, resulting in a meditation where I speak to God and He speaks to me. Having a porch
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I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16, ESV). The word “gospel” in the Greek means “good news.” That’s why the Apostle Paul isn’t ashamed of the gospel, and we shouldn’t be either because it’s