December 27, 2024
‘Tis the season when we hear a lot about angels. They are amazing players in the Christmas story, appearing multiple times to deliver a message from God. But the message of Hebrews tells us that the Good News gets even better than that …
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October 30, 2024
Hebrews 11 has come down through the ages as the “Hall of Faith” chapter in the Bible. It chronicles the lives of people—many well-known, others obscure—who changed the world by believing God. These are stories of people who not only walked a road less traveled but who traveled an altogether different route. They walked by faith—the way God wants all of us to walk each day.
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September 27, 2024
No matter how high the steeple rises in the sky or how beautiful the worship inside, the message delivered from the pulpit will tell you whether a church is really a church. A church must teach sound doctrine or it’s not a church.
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August 28, 2024
The life of the believer is a journey. If you are a Christian, you are a stranger down here, a pilgrim in a foreign land. You feel that, don’t you? Then how are you to navigate these things throughout your life’s journey? You need a road map, a chart, a compass. You need something to point the way. Where do you find those things? Look to the remedy—God’s Word contains it all.
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July 31, 2024
The only antidote we have against a world of apostasy is the Word of God. Understanding and applying Scripture is the only resource and recourse that will help us combat the evil of false teachers. Paul tells Timothy to continue in the things he has learned. Timothy has had a godly heritage and grew up on the Word of God. Now he needs to grow in his salvation.
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July 04, 2024
When the Bible says “meditate,” God is asking us to “ponder.” Different from just reading or studying, meditating is sitting with God’s truth for a while—giving it careful consideration.
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August 25, 2023
When Jesus was 12, Dr. Luke thought it was proper to tell us one occurrence in Jesus’ life that marks a change from childhood to adolescence. It is an isolated incident, and we don’t want to miss it, for it bridges the gap from His birth to the time He began His public ministry.
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July 28, 2023
The key word in the book of Psalms is “hallelujah”—that is, “praise the Lord.” ... The Psalms model what it means for us to connect with God—in praise, thanksgiving, and sorrow.
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June 27, 2023
How do you want to live your life in God? You have three choices: By the Law. By license. By liberty. The Law strangles you with rules, but license kills you with permissiveness. Only when you live as free as you are in Christ does life work out for you as God intended.
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June 01, 2023
With all of his other qualities, we seldom think of Paul as a man of prayer, yet this is the field in which he excelled. In his letter to the Ephesians Paul prays twice. Let’s look at what characterized these two prayers.
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April 26, 2023
The story of Esther is a most remarkable account of how God in His providence saved His people. It’s an unusual story to be included in the Bible because, as you may know, it doesn’t include any reference to God—yet His fingerprints are all over it.
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March 31, 2023
If you wonder if the first century church had issues, then take a look at Corinth. This young church struggled to know how to live pure, godly lives in a corrupt culture.
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February 28, 2023
For just a moment, think about the cross of Jesus Christ. Did you know that what you’re thinking of right now tells a lot about you?
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February 01, 2023
Traveling back to the world of ancient Corinth means you need to engage your imagination. You will see the sights and hear the sounds of a bustling eastern European city. Known for its sparkling culture and prominence in the world of trade, Corinth had become the envy of the Roman world when Paul wrote this letter.
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December 22, 2022
Every believer has a gift from the Holy Spirit. I can’t think of anything more thrilling than to know God has given you and me gifts to function in this world, and that we are to be partners with Jesus Christ in the tremendous enterprise of making Him known.
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November 28, 2022
God blazed a trail down through history in such a definite way through Old Testament prophecies that when Jesus Christ came, the people should have known by the prophetic Scriptures who He was.
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October 29, 2022
You are about to spend time in one of the most important books of the Bible. For millions in every generation, God uses this book of Romans to change thinking, deepen faith, and comfort hearts. Before you dive in, ask Him to quiet your heart and awaken your mind to the greatest subject of the ages: His great salvation.
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September 30, 2022
Called the man after God’s own heart, shepherd boy, and king, David experienced many storms in life. His story can be a great encouragement to you when you face trials and when problems seem to block your progress. You can read his story and know that he had similar problems. Yet born out of this life often touched by trouble, David was used by God to give us the hymnbook of the Bible, the book of Psalms—a beautiful, nuanced, and rich collection of how to praise God.
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August 23, 2022
Four things can happen to a Christian when we sin. And may I say this to you: If you are a child of God and you sin, one of these things must happen, because God says it will happen.
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July 27, 2022
It's possible for us to go to God’s house and not worship Him at all. In order to worship Him, we must keep our focus in mind. We must keep our heart engaged.
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