Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8 ESV This may seem like a strange advent article, but I think it’s …
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Advent Day Three: In the Beginning
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light …
Read More »Advent Day One: Prepare Him Room
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room. –Joy to the World, Isaac Watts, 1719 Happy first day of Advent (days leading up to Christ’s first coming)! We will be releasing an Advent study every day leading up to December 25th. So let’s jump in. We tend to make excuses about how …
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After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them, and his clothes became dazzling—extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, …
Read More »Who is my Neighbor?
Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?” He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with …
Read More »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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All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 CSB “‘What is truth?’ said Pilate” is what John 18:38 CSB states. The late …
Read More »The Sermon on the Mount and Matthew’s Gospel: What’s it all about?
When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:25-26 CSB I love all of the Bible, but I’ve always loved Matthew’s Gospel …
Read More »What is true joy?
“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.” John 15:11 CSB If you’ve read Getting Job-ed and the blogs up until this time you may be thinking, “This is really weighty and heavy, and seems a little …
Read More »The Cure for Anxiety Part 2 of 2
Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life… Can any of you add one moment to his life-span by worrying?… But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about …
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