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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Be sure to watch the video following the article.] It has often been preached, and many articles have been written, about the duty and blessing of giving of our time, talent, and treasure in service to the Lord....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We know that our God is a Triune God — One God in essence and three Persons in works. So while the Godhead is three distant persons, and their works might be thought of as individual works, there remains a unity,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Shavuot is the second of three mandatory Jewish feasts ordained by God (Exodus 34:22). The Jews call this feast Shavuot. In the New Testament, the Greek word is pentekoste (meaning fifty). From the Greek word, we...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I would suggest that Satan does not go before God and accuse Christians. You might think, but the Bible says he does—and it’s true, some verses suggest that. In Job 1:9-10, the Bible tells that Satan...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We have addressed how to better understand the doctrine of the Trinity by finding the Scripture verses and passages that reveal God as Three-in-One. While the word “trinity” is not found in the Bible, there are...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch the Memorial Day video below.] Our country’s observance of a national Memorial Day began on May 30, 1868. It was then called Decoration Day, and volunteers decorated the graves of more than 20,000...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Doctrine of the Trinity is difficult to understand because our finite human brains cannot fully comprehend an infinite being. However, God’s Word gives us everything we need to come to an understanding of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I have a cross necklace that is formed with the Latin phrase PER CRUCEM AD LUCEM. The English translation of “PER CRUCEM AD LUCEM” is: “Through the Cross to the Light” The words remind us that Jesus...
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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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