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Letters to the churches of Asia — Revelation 1-3
Today’s reading begins the last book of the Bible, Revelation. It is written by the apostle John toward the end of his life on the island of Patmos, where he was being detained as punishment for being a Christian leader. … Continue reading
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Love, love, love — 1 John 1-3
Today’s reading will take us through the first three chapters of John’s letters. This is the apostle John that we’re talking about as the writer of this and the next two letters (2 and 3 John). As you’ll notice as … Continue reading
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Tagged church, faith, faithfulness, false prophets, false teaching, forgiveness, holiness, hope, judgment, love, persecution, salvation, sin, walking in the light
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Planning for the future – James 4,5
James continues sharing God’s word with us in our reading today in ways that are elegantly simple, straightforward, and convicting. Wrong motives – 4:3 Have we ever considered this seriously as a reason that God doesn’t answer our prayers? … Continue reading
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Tagged abundant life, arrogance, authority, beautiful life, blessings, boasting, change, choices, Christ, consulting with God, courage, disobedience, faith, faithfulness, meaning in life, meaning of life, omnipresent, omniscient, patience, peace, persecution, perseverance
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Hang tough – Hebrews 12,13
The great crowd of witnesses — 12:1 Although it isn’t likely that those who have gone on before can really see what the current world is doing, the figure of speech here does motivate us to faithfulness to think that … Continue reading
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The power of faith – Hebrews 10,11
Today’s reading starts climbing to the sermon’s climax. We’ll see Jesus’ superiority clearly established, we’ll see the superiority of faith established, leading toward a strong encouragement to persevere in the face of the persecution they were dealing with. In what … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, exile, faith, faith hope and love, faithfulness, glorious hope, law of Moses, laziness, loopholes, lord jesus christ, loyalty, Messianic
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Slugs and anchors — Hebrew 4-6
Today’s reading continues to encourage Jewish Christians to remain true to the covenant established by Jesus by drawing analogy been their present circumstances and the circumstances of most of their forebears in the wilderness — because they wanted to turn … Continue reading
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Lightweight or Heavyweight? Daniel 4-6
There was a film from 1966 (remade in 2004) entitled “Alfie”. The movie is about a sexually promiscuous young man and the big questions that he failed to ask or act on. The theme music, composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal … Continue reading
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Tagged arrogance, daniel, faithfulness, pride
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The story of Daniel begins — Daniel 1-3
There is so much to talk about with the beginning of Daniel! It’s an exciting and profoundly encouraging book; let’s dive right in, shall we? How did Daniel and friends get into Babylon? Although many of you already know how … Continue reading
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Tagged daniel, faithfulness, food, idols
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Self-inspired prophets — Ezekiel 13-15
As a minister of the Gospel I am often asked rather difficult questions. I don’t say that they are difficult because they depend on a knowledge of the original language or ancient backgrounds or even some complicated theology; no, these … Continue reading
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The Grand Scene of God’s Throne — Revelation 4-6
Today’s reading continues with the book of Revelation, but the easy part is over. The next several chapters are heavily cloaked in apocalyptic language which is intended, as I mentioned yesterday, to reveal only the outlines of what God has … Continue reading →