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Tolerance 2
Yesterday I talked in this posting about tolerance’s virtues and vices. The world just gives “tolerance” a one-size- fits-all approach and tolerates everything, no matter how bad. But Christians are commanded to be tolerant about somethings and to refuse to … Continue reading
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“Church People Judge Me” — Lessons for Christians to Learn
Many avoid coming to church, according to research (see my last posting), because of fear that they will be judged instead of well received. Some of their fear of judgment is really just a bad conscience that doesn’t want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, care, church, encouragement, faithfulness, fear, forgiveness, grace, holidays, hope, judgment, love, obedience, opinions, sin, stumbling block, wisdom
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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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Victorious — Revelation 7-9
We’re still plowing through the book of Revelation. Hopefully, you’re seeing the big picture, grasping the main ideas of the book: the need to avenge the martyr’s blood, the suffering God will bring to the sinful world, the unrepentance of … 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
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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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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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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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The Destructive Nature of Negative Attitudes
“Do all things without grumbling or disputing;” Philippians 2:14 Did you ever consider the strategy that Satan employed in the first temptation and sin? Oh sure, there was the lure of how delicious the forbidden fruit looked, there was the … Continue reading →