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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 Pattern of God — Walking According to the Pattern
Over the past several weeks we’ve been talking about the pattern of the church, the bride of Christ. We’ve noted that there is a pattern for the head of the church, a pattern for becoming a Christian and part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, church, commands, discipleship, examples, faith, faithfulness, footsteps of jesus, heart, holiness, idols, immorality, judgment, meaning of life, morality, obedience, pattern, positive commands, purpose, religion, salvation, sin, theology, thoughts, wisdom
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The Pattern of God, The General Pattern of Worship
In an earlier posting we talked about the “fingerprints” of the bride of Christ, the church, that helps us identify her clearly. We’ve spoken about the “fingerprint” pattern of the organization of the church, and for the next couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, church, love, meaning of life, New Testament, obedience, orderly, pattern, purpose, spirit, standard, truth, worship
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The End — Revelation 19-22
Well, with today’s reading we come to the end of our daily journey through the Bible. It has been a challenge to me personally to both read, reflect, and try to write something cogent that people might want to read. … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, blood, Christ, church, courage, faith, faithfulness, generosity, Gospel, grace, heaven, hope, judgment, justice, love, marriage, meaning of life, mercy, Messiah, obedience, persecution, promises, prophecy, purpose, resurrection, sacrifice, salvation, sin, suffering
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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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Tagged Christ, church, courage, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, Gospel, hope, idols, judgment, love, meaning of life, obedience, persecution, purpose, sacrifice, sin, suffering
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To live is Christ — Philippians 1-4
Philippi was a Roman colony, populated primarily by retired Roman soldiers. Romans colonies were little islands of all things Latin scattered throughout the empire. Here Latin was the spoken language, Roman law was the law of the city, the toga … Continue reading
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Tagged church at philippi, contentment, courage, death, gain, joy, living, meaning of life, purple dye, purpose, roman colony, roman imprisonment, roman religion
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Lay aside the old self — Ephesians 4-6
There just seem to be some sections of the Bible that are full to overflowing in good stuff. Ephesians, especially chapters 4-6, is one of those spots. Again, I’m going to have a hard time paring things down to just … Continue reading
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Tagged a cappella, biblical unity, church, denominations, divide, division, doctrinal matters, love, marriage, meaning, purpose, sin, singing, submit, unity
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If We Go, They Will Come
In the last couple of months I’ve talked about some of the ways and means of spiritual growth. Certainly more can be said about this and probably will be over the course of this year (Lord willing). But another important … Continue reading →