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THE MALIGNANCE OF SINGenesis 4 “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” If you do what …
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POWERActs 4 “With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them.” The modern church is drawn to power, seeking to be more effective in both evangelism as well as in …
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AN EVANGELISM EPISODEActs 3 Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” It was a normal day and Peter and John went to the temple. There is no indication that they had any other motive except …
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I think so. It is easy to use a shorthand “calvinism” or “charismatic” or “brethren” but when we allow these frameworks to define our Christian beliefs and practice we get into trouble. As I have said before, none of us can claim to be 100% right or wrong, which means that our beliefs and practices …
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THE JUDGE AND THE JUDGED1 Corinthians 1 “Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” Modern man often throw out …
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THE WORLD IN THE CHURCH1 Corinthians 1 “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and …
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(This is from my own devotion on Week 09, 2025) That his prayer is good and unselfish. Also he desires validation from God; he wants to experience the hand of God in affirmation. Yes. I think so. We argue strongly that God’s love is unconditional and often it sounds like our God doesn’t care whether …
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THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUSPsalm 17 “Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer—it does not rise from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.” I wonder if you are frustrated because while the righteous plead those who throw their lot …
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GOD IN THIS LIFEPsalms 14, 15, 16 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” This is not about whether you believe God exists but rather you act as if God is not around; God is not a factor that you consider as you go about your life. The Psalmist says that such …
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TRUE BELIEVERS1 John 5 “Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is …
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