Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock (Matthew 7:25, NLT). Walking on a beach recently, my wife and I noticed this house. . . The previous summer, a hurricane with torrents of rain, winds exceeding 130 […]
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God wants to speak to us. Are we listening? Christianity is a relationship, and great relationships have good communication. To make sure that we hear Him, God has provided the most miraculous method of conversation in the history of the world. Don’t think email, Facebook™, or LinkedIn™ – think the Bible! The Bible has 66
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Jesus said. . . The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life (John 6:63, NASB). We are created by God as spirit, soul, and body — the words of Jesus (and the rest of Bible) are inspired by the Spirit. . . But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture becomes
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Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your Law (Psalm 119:18, NASB). Charles Spurgeon, known as the Prince of Preachers, once described all the books he had read by saying. . . I read them once with considerable pleasure, but now they are of no use to me. They were good in
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Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14, KJV). Hyperlinked to. . . Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
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To Titus, my true child in a common faith (Titus 1:4a, ESV). The Book of Titus is personal. The Apostle Paul calls Titus his child in the faith. First and Second Timothy, along with Titus, are called the Pastoral Epistles because they were written to Paul’s co-workers. However, the relationship is more than working together; Paul calls
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Both 1 and 2 Thessalonians contain the Apostle Paul’s practical teaching on the second coming. While reading 1 and 2 Thessalonians, remember one fact. . . Paul knew Jesus’ teaching on the second coming. He understood all the prophecies about Jesus’s second coming in the Old Testament, and in these two epistles, he interprets all
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Three interesting facts about 1 Thessalonians: First, this book was perhaps the earliest book written by Paul; second, it was written to new believers; and third, the book gives more practical insight about the “coming of the Lord” than any other book of the Bible. Paul writes to these new believers. . . For what
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Second Timothy 3:16 is the most famous verse in Scripture on Scripture: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (NIV). With the Bible breathed out from the God of the universe, the inspirational works of Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, and David Baldacci pale in comparison. Mere human thoughts attempt
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We overlook 2 Peter because it has a “2” instead of a “1” as in 1 Peter. We find the same problem with a “2” and even a “3” as in 2 John and 3 John. So, we might demean these epistles in favor of books with a “1.” Well, at least I memorized 1