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He Said, She Said
And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no…
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Is God Safe?
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Hebrews 10:31 It seems like during the covid quarantine I heard the term “cost-benefit analysis” more than ever before. A cost-benefit analysis is really just a fancy pros and cons list, sometimes put together in retrospect. In business I guess it’s pretty…
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Fighting Against God
Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life….Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? “Father,…
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Wait Worthy
That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near. And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. Luke 23:54-56 Low…
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What A Fool Believes
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”Psalm 14:1 Does anyone else remember the old Doobie Brothers song, “What a Fool Believes”? It’s about a man who meets up with an old flame hoping to rekindle it. For her it’s just an exercise in nostalgia. “But what a fool believes he sees,…
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Before The Decree Is Issued
Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation, before the decree is issued, or the day passes like chaff, before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you! Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek…
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God Is With Us When We Suffer
And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and…
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The Purposes Of Suffering- Part 3
And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For these…
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The Purposes Of Suffering- Part 2
I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, and He answered me. Jonah 2:2a Last week I brought up a common question: if God is good why does He allow good people to suffer? God allows suffering as the natural consequence of sin. But we saw from the Old Testament account of the…
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The Purposes Of Suffering- Part 1
What if we could give God a victory over Satan? He certainly doesn’t need our help in order to be victorious, but perhaps in our suffering God invites us to participate in the great spiritual battle that goes on unseen by human eyes. What if, like the blind man whose eyes were opened by Jesus,…
Walk Worthy 