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FOOLISH OR WISE?Luke 24 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the …
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THE FAITH OF THE WOMENLuke 23 and 24 “The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.” In a patriarchal society …
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The question is how should we respond to our freedom? The temptation is rebellion and to do whatever we wish whether slave or wife (or whatever) and Peter is careful to say that this should not be so. While we are free in relation to the world we are now slaves to God and we …
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A CHRISTIAN IN A NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD1 Peter 2 and 3 “Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.” At the heart of it all is Peter’s core principle: “Live …
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I would love to learn more about the bible … which book should I start with first? Hi Arlene, thanks for reaching out. Great question! Many books of the bible are actually stories or narratives; they basically tell us what happened. So a simple way is to start reading the bible like you would read …
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GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE1 Peter 2 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had …
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WHO IS LIKE YOU, GOD?Psalm 71 “Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.” It is fascinating to see how realistic the faith of the …
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SURVIVING IN A FALLEN WORLDPsalm 70 “May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame.” I often don’t quite know how to respond to these …
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I came across this sermon I preached about 10 years ago that expressed very much my thinking about Sanctification, an area that most of us struggle with. Thought I’d share it here. A few months ago I was in a bible study class led by Viji, studying Colossians. While looking through chapters 2 and 3, …
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JOURNEYING WITH GODGenesis 12 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” We cannot …
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