Tag: Jesus Christ
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Pentecost Harvest
Did you know that Pentecost was a harvest celebration? Pentecost is the Greek word (meaning fiftieth day) used in the New Testament to refer to the Jewish Feast of Harvest, which is a celebration of the early wheat harvest every spring. (Exodus 23:16, 34:22).
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Test Time!
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2-3 NASB There’s a scene at the end of one of the Harry Potter movies when the headmaster announces that all finals have been cancelled. Of course everyone gives out a massive…
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On Goats and Sheep
Have you ever tried to help an animal, but because it didn’t understand, was hurt and afraid, it wouldn’t let you? Animals often don’t understand when we’re trying to do what’s best for them. And because they don’t understand, they fight.
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Alive Again
When Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3 that we must be “born again,” he wasn’t talking about a need for a little updating, like a house with peeling wallpaper and furniture that was stylish thirty years ago. Someone who is in sin is dead. Spiritually dead. Like Marley. Dead as a doornail.
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What Did You Expect?
We love conquering heroes, and we may wish we could be like them. But most of us know deep down we cannot be like them, no matter how hard we try.
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Women Can Be Jerks Too
What we women in modern times have done through feminism is sort of collectively rage against all of the mistreatment of women throughout history. And even if our husbands are basically good fellas and have never laid a violent hand on us, we have now been empowered by the cultural trend to lash out over…
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Balm of Gilead
Do we come to Jesus with our pain? Unfortunately we often turn to people and things other than Jesus; sometimes we turn away from the good remedies that he has provided, such as family, the church, and physical rest.
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Honeymoon
Even good marriages have conflicts and low points, and in our individual journeys of faith, we may have times that we find our spiritual enthusiasm waning. But sometimes it is the very tribulation, the problems, the conflicts, the difficult things that lead us back to hope. Why? How?
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Delicate Balance of the Christian Walk
Sometimes as Christians we feel like we’re walking a tightrope. One wrong move and we’ll plunge to our eternal doom. And some people think of God as a sadistic spectator, the jaded audience to a gladiator sport, just waiting for that moment when we crash and burn.
Walk Worthy 