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The Humble Still Receive Him
Though over 2000 years have come and gone since the coming of Christ, some things have changed very little — “Wise Men Still Seek Him”, “Evil Men Still Are Troubled by Him”, “The World Still Doesn’t Recognize Him”, and “The … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, baptism, Christmas, church, disciple, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, follower, grace, humility, incarnation, Messiah, obedience, pattern, pride, shepherds, sin, wisdom, worship
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The Angels Still Praise Him
Over the last few weeks we’ve been taking a look at the stories surrounding the birth of Jesus, the Christ. In these little meditations I’m hopeful that you’ve noticed that the more things change about mankind, the more they remain … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplishment, angels, Christ, church, eyes of faith, faith, generosity, glory, Gospel, grace, high priest, incarnation, judgment, king, love, Messiah, praise, redeemer, redemption, religion, sacrifice, salvation, sin, suffering, victory
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The World Still Doesn’t Recognize Him
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been taking a look at the stories surrounding the birth of Jesus, the Savior. We’ve noted that a lot of fundamental things about humanity haven’t changed, since that time: “Wise men still seek … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Christ, church, evangelism, faith, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, hope, Jesus is the same, love, meaning of life, Messiah, religion, room in the inn, salvation
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Christmas Thoughts — The Evil Are Still Troubled By Him — Herod
We’re looking at the stories usually associated with Christmas in these weeks approaching Christmas. Last time we studied the story of the magi in Matthew 2:1-18, and we concluded that wise men always seek Jesus. This week we’ll take a … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, chief priests, Christ, church, faith, faithfulness, fear, Gospel, Herod the Great, Herodium, judgment, king, meaning of life, Messiah, obedience, persecution, pride, prophecy, purpose, religion, religious leaders, salvation, Satan, sin, wisdom
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Wise Men Still Seek Him
The Christmas story, the story of Christ’s birth and early childhood, will be on the minds of many over the next few weeks. Most of us are more familiar with the Christmas story than we are with any other story … Continue reading
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Tagged birth of Christ, Chaldea, Christ, Christmas, daniel, faith, Gospel, grace, King of the Jews, magi, meaning of life, mercy, Messiah, mothers, nativity, obedience, promises, prophecy, purpose, salvation, spiritual wisdom, wisdom, wise men
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The Christian and Trials
Jesus never promised us an easy discipleship. On the contrary, He was quite truthful about the difficulty that would accompany anyone following Him. Yet, there always seems to be a human part of us that expects things to go better … Continue reading
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Tagged bad things to good people, blame, Christianity, courage, death, disease, evil, faith, fallen world, hope, innocence, jesus promise, learning, life lessons, obedience, persecution, religion, sickness, sin, suffering, temptation, theology, trial, trouble, wisdom
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The Pattern of God — The Pattern of Personal Growth, part 3
Personal spiritual growth is a goal for every serious Christian. Moreover, it is an expectation of God (e.g., Hebrew 5:11—6:3). But it’s not obtained by just any ol’ way. Although there have been numerous spiritual growth suggestions made over the … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, Bible reading, bible reading schedule, Bible study, Christ, Christianity, church, coming to church, communication, deeds, encouragement, faith, faithfulness, fellowship, friends, involvement, love, meaning of life, obedience, personal growth, personal spiritual growth, prayer, religion, salvation, spiritual growth, spirituality, support, theology, wisdom, worship
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The Pattern of God— The Pattern of Personal Growth, Part 2
Though we sometimes think of spiritual growth as being a personal journey, different for every individual, the Scripture tells us that there actually are certain things that universally promote the spiritual growth of the Christian — call them patterns. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged attendance, Bible classes, church, church attendance, communion, encouragement, friends, generosity, giving, hymns, influences, Lord's Supper, love, obedience, pattern, prayer, preaching, salvation, singing, spiritual growth, wisdom, worship
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How to Give the Right Way
Note: This posting comes from an article that I wrote for the Manchester church of Christ on January 9. I thought that perhaps those who are in ministry or others who are disciples generally might be interested in thoughts about … Continue reading →