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David’s Advice for Building a House for God
1 Chronicles 28:9, 10 “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, distractions, divided loyalties, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, fear, Gospel, grace, hope, judgment, knowing the Lord, love, meaning of life, obedience, pattern, prayer, pride, purpose, religion, salvation, Temple, unity
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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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A divided church — 1 Corinthians 1-3
We ended yesterday’s blog with an strong warning from Paul to the Roman church about the sin of division. Paul certainly had good reason to worry about division in the church at Rome, but his concern was probably heightened from … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged agree, denominationalism, division, folly, foolishness, godly, love, spiritual, Temple, unity, wisdom, worldly
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Never despise the day of small things — Zechariah 4-6
Zechariah continues to use symbols and metaphors in his apocalyptic book. Almost every new section uses a new symbol: the menorah for light of the Lord, olive trees for fruitfulness, a personification of Wickedness taken away to Babylon, etc. But … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, Old Testament
Tagged Christ, encouragement, small things, Temple, the church of Christ
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Spiritual, not physical — Ezekiel 40-43
Today’s reading is huge — well, I mean it’s about something really big — no, that’s still not clear. Read about the size of the temple and you’ll get an idea of what I’m talking about. It describes a temple … Continue reading
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Tagged church, premillennialism, Temple
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God’s glory leaves the Temple — Ezekiel 10-12
Is God on your side? We’d all like to think so or hope so. God’s presence is conditional Israel was used to the idea of God being on their side. False prophets in the days Jeremiah’s ministry (contemporary with some … Continue reading
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Tagged conditional nature of God's promises, God's presence, heart, hope, Temple
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Temple of the LORD — Jeremiah 7-9
“Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between … Continue reading
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Tagged amulet, charm, circumcised, covenant, Shiloh, spite, Tabernacle, Temple, uncircumcised
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King Josiah of Judah
[This posting can also be found on another blog of mine, Bible 101, and is offered here as a sample of that series of posts, in case you’d like to follow that one, too.] I hope you had a blessed … Continue reading →