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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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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many pithy (concise and forcefully expressive) sayings are used in everyday conversation. However, most people have no idea of their origins. It should be no surprise that many of the sayings are found in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. You might think the answers to “What is the Hymn of Heaven?” are the seven songs recorded in the book of Revelation. Rev 4:8 … Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many pithy (concise and forcefully expressive) sayings are used in everyday conversation. However, most people have no idea of their origins. It should be no surprise that many of the sayings are found in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A number of times during His earthly ministry, Jesus responded to questions with, “It is written…” (7 times in Matthew, 4 times in Mark, 5 times in Luke, 1 time in John). In the Bible, we also read of many time...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On August 11, 2023, the Associated Press released new data about the increasing suicide rate in our country. “US suicides hit an all-time high last year.” The AP article said that according to The Centers for...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s hard for born-again Christians to consider the evil that lurks in the devil’s mind and what motivates his evil works. God created Satan to live in His presence as part of the angelic realm, to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Serenity Prayer asks God for serenity to accept circumstances that can’t be changed, courage to change those that are within our ability to do so, and wisdom to know and discern between those that can and...
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