Tag: Gospel
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The First Time
I still remember the first time. I was a little excited, and a lot afraid. The first time for what? This was the first time I asked someone to study the Bible with me, and they agreed. This was a great moment in my life, although I didn’t know that then. I wish I could…
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Mud Cookies, Clay Pots, Ash, Shoe Leather, Rotten Meat, Pagpag, Grass, & Rats
That list appears to be completely random, but they all have one thing in common. Do you know what it is? They are things people eat in some of the poorest places of the world. Some of those “foods” are not even food! Some of those items have become so regular a dish that they…
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Situational Service?
Your situation cannot compromise your service to King Jesus. We are so tempted, especially because of the victim culture mentality of our age, just to toss excuses out. “I could be really faithful if…” “But you don’t know my struggles…” “I would, but my unique circumstances don’t allow me…” The list goes on and on,…
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First Century Culture
Three considerations of the first-century culture and its peculiarities… It is obvious the first-century world was riddled with paganism and the various influences that brought, but I’m not sure we always appreciate the way that would have impacted the preaching of the gospel. We catch a glimpse of this in Acts 17 while Paul was…
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Lessons from Romans
If every Christian would regularly read chapters one, two, and three and remember they fit in there with everyone else, Christianity would be better for it. Paul seems to write every epistle with a deep awareness of who he once was and who he would still be were it not for the gospel of Jesus…
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