Tag: Bible study
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Living In The Moment: Past, Present, And Future
We don’t want to miss out on present blessings due to worry about the past or the future. It’s important to be present in the present. But Hebrews chapters 11-13 show us that the past and the future are important as well.
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A Tribute To My Mentor And Friend
I had some bad news early one morning recently. If you’ve ever lost a good friend suddenly, you know the pain. Carolyn Sue Claxton was not only my mentor in the jail ministry, she was my good friend. She treated me like an equal, a partner. And partners we were.
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Escape Routes
Escape routes are important when there’s danger. The problem is we’re always trying to escape the wrong things. We want to escape responsibility and suffering, death and judgment, but that is not possible. We ought to be concerned with escaping the devil’s snare (2 Timothy 2:26), for that is God’s concern. It is not possible…
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Changing Identity
Sometimes our identity comes to be based on mistakes we’ve made in the past. We label others and they label us, and those labels “stick” in our minds. Is there anything about the way you identify yourself, or the way you feel others identify you, that you wish you could change?
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Overcoming Bitterness
It certainly isn’t wrong to lament if we’ve been disappointed or even to be angry if we’ve been treated unfairly. But when we allow anger or disappointment to fester and ferment, eventually we become bitter, thinking of ourselves as victims.
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Forgiving One Another (Part One)
The fact is we want to be forgiven much more than we want to forgive. But Jesus says we can’t have it that way. There is no getting around his simple teaching.
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Lost In Translation
Ever since Babel, language has been a confusing thing. And it isn’t just foreign languages that cause problems. Sometimes we can even be confused by our own language!
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How’s the Weather?
A thorough study of the Israelites in the Old Testament will make a person wonder why God ever chose them to be His “special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth,” (Deuteronomy 7:6).
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Staying Teachable
All of us, perhaps teachers especially, need to remain teachable. Even if I am a teacher, more than that I am a student, a disciple of Jesus.
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When Emotions Wash Over Us
Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.And do not hide Your face from Your servant. Psalm 69:16-17a Recently I shared a bit about my first trip to Mexico back in the summer of 1990. I had just graduated high school, and since I…
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