I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh (Ezekiel 36:26, ESV). Do we have soft or hard hearts? The New Testament teaches consistently that the Spirit of God will give us wisdom and revelation. Below, I’ve listed my favorite […]
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Let’s make a “white dot” New Year’s Resolution by first considering an isosceles triangle . . . There are three equal sides. When we make a New Year’s Resolution this year, let’s use this image to guide us. There is a possibility that my brain is recycling my high school geometry, but I also know
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She gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (Luke 2:7, ESV). In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1, ESV). Merry Christmas, and thank you for allowing me to
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Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests (Ephesians 6:18, NIV). We have all participated in last-minute Christmas shopping. How about last-minute Christmas praying? Waiting until the last minute for shopping can be frustrating as it’s too late for an Amazon delivery, and what we want to purchase (I have a
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Before reading further, please take the Interruptions two-question Bible knowledge test below: Question #1: Who was Quirinius? Question #2: How do you pronounce this name? We recognize the name of Quirinius that’s mentioned in the Luke 2 Christmas story . . . In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should
The New Testament uses two words for forgiveness. One word has roots in grace. Let’s read Ephesians 4:32 . . . Forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (ESV). The way Christ forgave us is unique. It means “cancel the debt.” Because of the blood of Christ our sins are canceled, the debt
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Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world (James 1:27, ESV). My wife traveled to Romania in 1991. A group from our church had listened to a newscast on ABC’s 20/20 entitled “Shame of a Nation” describing thousands of
Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God (Luke 1:34-35, ESV). Recently, I listened to a sermon by
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts (Romans 13:14, NASB1995). In February of 1972, I memorized Romans 13:14. I go over this verse in my mind several times each week. At 150 times per year for 51 years, that’s 7,650 days that I’ve meditated on this verse.
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Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of Glory enter. (Psalm 24:7, NLT). The Jews had a tradition of singing Psalm 24 at the gates of the temple every Sunday morning. This practice began with the building of Solomon’s temple in 950 B.C. and stopped when Solomon’s temple was destroyed
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