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Tell Me About the Christ, Part 2
Last week we began a brief study of the Christ with a look at what the Scripture says about Him before He came into this world as Jesus of Nazareth. The world, including even the religious world, has some pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christology, crucifixion, doctrines, emptied himself, enfleshment, faith, fullness of deity, fully divine, grief, incarnation, Jesus, Lamb, meaning of life, Messiah, mission, prophecy, religion, resurrection, salvation, Son of God, suffering, teachings, the Word, theology, virgin birth
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An obedience of faith — Romans 15-16
With the chapters 15 and 16 Paul wraps up his letter. He will put finishing touches on his extended command about accepting one another, his proposed mission plans (which he hopes the Roman church will help him with), an extensive … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, division, faith, jew and gentile, love, mission, moral virtues, obedience, obey, Old Testament, one accord, opinions, sin
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Set for the defense of the Gospel — Acts 22-24
Before Paul was converted, when God was commanding Ananias to go tell Saul of Tarsus what he must do to be saved, the Lord had told Ananias, Acts 9:15 “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, doves, fear, innocent, judgment, meaning, mission, purpose, serpents, sin, wise
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Shall I not drink it? – John 18-21
Thanks for not giving up on me while I was temporarily without internet access on the computer that I do this work on. We’ll be wrapping up the Gospel of John in today’s reading. It sort of needs to be … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, commission, doubt, head, hope, king, meaning of life, mission, purpose, redemption, resurrection, ruler, sacrifice, substitution
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Who Are We, and What Are We About? (part 2)
In my last posting I reflected on an important question for the church (not just individual Christians) to think about: “Who are we and what are we about?” We looked at Scripture to get a glimpse of who the Bible says … Continue reading →