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The Same, but Different
Romans 6:3, 4 “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity
Tagged attendance, baptism, baptize, Bible, changes, courage, dealing with temptation, different, family, generosity, grace, life changes, love, meaning of life, money, prayer, purpose, religion, salvation, stresses, suffering, time usage, trials, use of time, wisdom
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The Therapeutic Level
In the world of medicine there is a term that is used of prescribed drugs, the “therapeutic level”. It means the amount of drug that must be present in the body to achieve the desired benefit. While it is a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged backsliding, church, church attendance, discipleship, encouragement, Hebrews, judgment, love, madness, money, obedience, obedient, purpose, religion, salvation, sin disobedience, spiritual backsliding, spiritual health, spiritual strength, therapeutic level, wisdom, worship
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Looking for a Silver Lining
A couple of weeks ago I came to the church office to find that we’d been burglarized. It was mostly computers that were stolen; thankfully, the thieves left us our external hard drives. Nevertheless, the following week or so has … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, faith, faithfulness, hope, love, money, obedience, religion, theology, wisdom
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Fallen, fallen is Babylon — Revelation 16-18
As I’ve mentioned before, the strands tell about the various aspects of God’s judgments on the world. Today’s reading deals with the strand of prophecies dealing with the finishing of God’s wrath on the material world. Har-Magedon — 16:13ff Chapter … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, Christ, church, courage, faith, faithfulness, grace, heaven, idols, judgment, justice, meaning of life, mercy, money, persecution, salvation
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Be doers of the word — James 1-3
James is a great book written by James, the brother of Jesus, called James the Just. He was a major figure in the early Jerusalem church, and was key in the important letter to the churches on the status of … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, hope, judgment, money, obedience, repentance, salvation, sin
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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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Tagged abundant life, beautiful life, Christ, christian faith, church, comfort, covenant, disciple, discipleship, discipline, discouragement, divide, division, doctrinal controversy, doctrinal matters, encouragement, example, faith, faithfulness, false prophets, false religion, false teaching, family, generosity, generous, heaven, home in heaven, household of God, immoral, immorality, jew and gentile, Jewish, jewish messiah, kingdom, kingdom of god, kingdoms, loyalty, money, parable, perseverance, praise, prayer, sexual immorality, sexual morality, sexual purity, sexuality, spiritual, spiritual reality, suffering, Temple, Temple of God, temptation, temptations
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Benefits for now and later — 1 Timothy 4-6
Paul, as we talked about yesterday, had left Timothy in Ephesus to keep false teachers from getting their foot in the door of this church’s heart. He also had a lot of instruction for general organization of the church including … Continue reading
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Tagged generous, godliness, money, physical fitness, rich, Widows
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Joyful giving — 2 Corinthians 7-9
Today’s reading takes us into the dangerous territory of giving. Are you brave enough? 🙂 Let’s dive right in. Repentance without regret — 2 Cor. 7:8-13 It is never easy to confront, correct, or discipline. There are fears that the … Continue reading
Bad times are about to get worse — Ezekiel 7-9
You know, in reading through the prophets you can begin to get weighed down with the negativity, destruction, doom, and condemnation of it all. But don’t. It’s not that God is simply a God of “No”, but Israel had been … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, grace, money, no quarter, omnipresent, omniscient, patience, secrets
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What is Generosity?
I love generous people! Don’t you? And my congregation has many such people, who share their homes, their time, their talents, and their money. And God loves generous people, too, because generosity is a part of holiness. Our God is … Continue reading →