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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In Psalm 84, we are introduced to the Valley of Weeping. In some translations, it is called the Valley of Baca, a Hebrew word that derives from bakah (baw-kaw), meaning to weep, bemoan, bewail, complain, make...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch the Video “Whatever It Takes” below.] Take time to remember one of the saddest days in the history of our nation. It was a day when evil reigned in a Colorado city. The day was April 20th, 1999....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. That’s a great question because Jesus’ life on the cross was not “finished” when He made that statement. Those were not His last words. Jesus said seven things while He was on the cross,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. More than 16 years ago, I created a study for my ladies’ Bible study based on my favorite chapter in the Bible, John 17. The study was about reading John 17 as if it were Jesus speaking His Last Will and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci painted Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples. But is the painting accurate? The painting accurately depicts all 12 disciples present at the table while they partook in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another. How should we understand that command? What should it mean to us? Let’s first look at Jesus’ words in context to understand better what His...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Two Videos Below] Saint Patrick’s Day has become a BIG party day—a day for parades and celebrations, a day of eating Irish food and drinking green beer and Irish Whiskey. It’s a day of wearing green and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve covered The Romans Road to Salvation, The John Road to Salvation, and The Revelation Road to Salvation. Those three “roads” give verses that “lead the way” to justification....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lostness and how to make it “home.” We’ve covered The Romans Road,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses telling man’s lostness and how to make it “home.” The Romans Road is likely the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lost condition and how to make it “home.” The Romans Road is likely the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Four Loves is a book by C. S. Lewis, written from a series of radio talks in 1958 and published in 1960. It examines love from Christian and philosophical perspectives. Lewis distinguishes between...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. One of my favorite narratives of the birth of Jesus is often overlooked. We all know that angels told the shepherds of the miraculous birth of a child, a Saviour who is Christ the Lord, born in the city of David....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Most of us know these verses: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Luke 2:13-14 But...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many have Nativity scenes that feature a stable as Jesus’ birthplace, but was Jesus born in a stable? Or could it have been a cave? Or a house? The easy answer to this is that we don’t know. We...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Why do people shorten Christmas to Xmas? Since Jesus Christ is the Word, why would anyone want to leave the word Christ out of Christmas? Does using Xmas dishonor Jesus? Lots of Questions For Which There Are...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There is a lot of information in the Bible about the events of Jesus’ birth. From prophecy throughout the Old Testament to the historical records of the Gospel accounts we read about the significant events...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve all heard the saying, “The monkey on your back.” It refers to a nuisance one must deal with or endure. A “monkey on your back” can be many things — such as a boss who micromanages...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s much we can learn from the Peanuts Gang. From the characters’ innocence to their words of truth and love, Charlie Brown and his friends are a bright spot in an ever-increasingly dark world. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Greek word for “perish” is “apollumi” (ap-ol’-loo-mee), and it means to destroy entirely, to die, or to lose. Scripture speaks of perishing 156 times. Sometimes, it concerns...
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