Over these several weeks since the end of the Christmas season, we’ve been exploring the first part of what Paul wrote to the believers in Corinth. That was an exciting…
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We must be wise and carefully consider our words. Let’s remember that no one comes to Christ as Savior through human wisdom or potent rhetoric. There were those coming out…
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You can reinvent yourself, as many times as you like; if David Bowie and Madonna can do it . . . That’s either foolishness or it’s power. Remember, power is…
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It doesn’t exactly feel as if my demons have submitted yet, but maybe they just want me to think they haven’t. The truth is they’re done. They’ve lost. They aren’t…
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On our way to Pentecost, I’m considering Baptist pastor and church consultant Thom Rainer’s insights regarding a decline in evangelism in the church over the past, well, decades. The Acts…
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I shall not be moved. This psalm doesn’t use those words, yet that’s the sense of this song of praise. If God is for us—and He is—who can successfully be…
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I will extol the Lord (111:1). “Lift up your voice, now lift up your voice! Great is the Lord!” Extol. Praise. Maybe we don’t spend enough time here praising God,…
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John doesn’t want us to be afraid. He knows Jesus. How many times, John remembers so well, Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid.” John wants us to be wise. He…
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God sent Jesus to be our Redeemer, our Savior. Redemption comes with a cost; payment must be made, satisfaction given. The one wronged—God—must be satisfied. I don’t have the…
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We know we’re supposed to give thanks with a grateful heart, but sometimes we feel as if we’re just going through the motions of thankfulness, like other things we…
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