Austin Rankin

Does God do our bidding?

Commit your works to Yahweh and your thoughts will be established. Proverbs 16:3 CSB/Hebrew Interlinear Does God do our bidding? We’ve got this notion in American Christianity that God is just this figurative Genie from a Disney movie that is there at our beck and call for any time we …

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The 23rd Psalm Part 3 of 3

You prepare a table before me     in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil;     my cup overflows.  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me     all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:5-6 ESV This is the last part of …

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The 23rd Psalm Part 2 of 3

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,     I will fear no evil, for you are with me;     your rod and your staff,     they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 ESV Part 1, we talked about how God intends to rule His creation perfectly, providing for that creation’s every need, even if it …

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The 23rd Psalm Part 1 of 3

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.      He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.      He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness     for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:1-3 ESV How many times have you heard the 23rd Psalm memorialized in movies and culture that it just …

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By Grace Alone

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our …

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How we live matters

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 CSB How we live with our time here are earth really matters. I think this goes as a warning to Christians and non-Christians. We …

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Are you only looking at the waves?

Meanwhile, the boat was already some distance from land, battered by the waves, because the wind was against them. Jesus came toward them walking on the sea very early in the morning. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and they cried out …

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See God for Who He Is

Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wondrous things from your instruction. Psalm 119:18 CSB Theology really matters. People may say, “I don’t want any of that technical jargon, I want to just know God…” Well, that by definition, is engaging in a conversation of theology (This means the …

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Spiritual Workouts

But have nothing to do with pointless and silly myths. Rather, train yourself in godliness. For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. This saying is trustworthy and deserves …

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