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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. Job 42:16-17 After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days. The book of Job ends on a note of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On Christmas morning, we bow before the cradle. When we do so, we set our eyes on Jesus. May we always remember to look to Him for wisdom in all things and to seek Him for guidance in every situation. Let us also...
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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. As you set the table with a Thanksgiving feast, take time to remember all the things for which you are thankful. Reflect on these 22 and share them with those at your Thanksgiving table. Our God is so good and He...
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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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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Please help us share God's truths and hope in...
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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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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible mentions the Mazzaroth but tells us very little about what it is. But there is a meaning to it, and in Jewish thought, the Mazzaroth would be a remez. What’s a remez? In Jewish hermeneutics...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. More than 500 years ago Martin Luther started a reformation when he posted his 95 thesis to the door of a church in Wittenburg, Germany. To this day, Luther is called the Great Reformer of the Protestant...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. To answer this, we must define what we mean by “saved.” Under the New Covenant, we define being saved as being born again (John 3:3, 7; 1 Pet 1:23), having our sins washed away by the blood of Jesus, and being...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Thousands of books have been written, and sermons preached on methods and motivations to share the gospel with non-believers. None of us need to be convinced of the necessity of doing so. Without the Lord’s...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This is a popular saying, often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. However, he never said it. Furthermore, it is a saying that makes no sense. Most importantly, there is no support for such in the Bible....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We covered What Do We Know About the Great White Throne Judgment? (Rev 20) and What Do We Know About Eternity? Now, let’s consider the last part of the last chapter of the Book of Revelation and the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Last week, we covered Revelation 20: What Do We Know About the Great White Throne Judgment? This week, let’s look at chapter 20 of Revelation. It begins with a brief mention of the 1,000-year reign of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In my Bible study this year, we’ve discussed how the world has changed, especially since 2020, and what the future might bring. Sin is abounding. We’ve seen things brought into the light that were...
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