Tag: Jesus Christ
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Walls Of Protection
When the Bible uses the wall-of-protection metaphor, it’s talking about defenses against Satan and his arrows. Now there’s someone who never approaches with any good intent, yet he’s so good at giving the appearance of an ally.
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Finding Things In God’s Word
Even though Jesus said, “seek and you will find,” it is possible to search the scriptures and not find eternal life.
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Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge
The apostle Paul made the point over and over in the book of First Corinthians that we should not be prideful about our knowledge. If I have knowledge but not love, “I am nothing,” (13:2). Love is much more important because it edifies, whereas knowledge puffs up (8:1). But is this to say that knowledge…
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When Is It Okay To Give Up?
Sometimes life feels like a long drawn-out game that’s not much fun anymore. Sometimes we feel like saying, “I give up!”
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O You Of Little Faith
Is a small faith okay or isn’t it? I’ve written in the past about how God can take faith as small as a mustard seed and make it grow (Matthew 17:20). We don’t have to be super strong before God will use us. On the other hand, four times in the book of Matthew, Jesus…
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Faith As A Mustard Seed
With predators you don’t have to win; you just have to be more trouble than you’re worth.
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Lists
We like lists of do’s and don’ts. If we can boil right and wrong down to a list of rules, we feel we have a better idea of where we stand and where we need to go.
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Religion As Mental Illness
If the modern day atheist wants to say that believing in the resurrection of the dead or in an all-powerful invisible Being in the sky is lunacy, let them. We’re in good company.
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