Tag: New Testament
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“She Has Done What She Could”
“And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, ‘Why was this…
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James on Reading Scripture
Proper motives are critical to reading Scripture well. As we approach reading Scripture, remember we are seeking the wisdom of God. “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with…
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God’s Wisdom in Marriage
God’s wisdom in the marriage design is evident in every marriage that practices God’s commands. Are things always hunky-dory? Absolutely not. Little known fact: NO marriage is floating on rainbows all the time. And if a marriage is like that, it is the exception and not the rule. Every marriage, however, can and should be…
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Creeds, Catechisms, and Councils?
Why do we need them? Some view the Bible as insufficient. We should let that sink in: there are believers in God who believe that the Bible is insufficient… They would wholeheartedly defend the power of God, the holiness of God, and the omniscience of God but deny the Bible as the sole, stand-alone, need-nothing-else…
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Be Kind… Yes, But More…
The repeated admonition as school starts back is, “Be kind.” Undoubtedly, this is critically important and a deeply Biblical premise. Be kind because every person is made in the image of God. Parents, it’s crucial to instill the value of kindness in our children. In a world where kindness is a rare commodity, our little…
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What Must You Do To Be Lost?
We don’t typically list this, but taking a survey seems helpful. Often, we think it is much harder to be saved than lost… That may not be accurate. Consider: There are many things one would have to do to be lost. You would have to reject God’s existence – Rom. 1:20 — Psa. 19:1-4 You…
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Good Sense, Bad Sense, And No Sense At All
Not to oversimplify the topic, but I believe faith can be boiled down into two categories: (1) Faith that responds and (2) faith that doesn’t. There are surely other concepts of faith, but they all fall into one of these two categories. We will consider only one other, and it is an extension of faith…
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The Death of the Snake King…
I recently saw a headline (not the one I used) that caught my eye (see news article here). There was a man in Malaysia known as the “Snake King” because of his death-defying stunts where he did performances with deadly cobras for the public. Mr. Ali Khan Samsuddin spent more than 25 years working with…
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Two things our young people need to know
(Some thoughts after reading an excellent article by Mark Robert in Feb. 2023 issue of Truth Magazine) Are you encouraging your young people to ask you questions? If they aren’t asking you, they are asking their friends, or Google… I can promise you that isn’t what we want! Develop a culture, and individually an attitude,…
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