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A False Image Of Jesus
A couple Sundays ago, I showed this picture in my sermon. The passage was Mark 12:41-44, where Jesus praises the poor woman who had little, but tithed all she had, while the rich had much, but [Continue Reading…]
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Clean, Unclean, and A Foreign Woman’s Daughter
To give a little background, Jesus had just finished a debate about what is considered as clean, and what is considered unclean. The Pharisees were accusing Jesus’ disciples of not being clean because they didn’t wash [Continue Reading…]
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In With the New Creation
We know of Christ’s death on the cross as atonement for our sins, yes, but I have to wonder if there’s even more to it…something new…check this out: Matthew 27 tells us about the curtain [Continue Reading…]
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Does God Have Love Languages?
If you don’t know what I mean by “Love Languages”, then I strongly suggest you read Gary Chapman’s “5 Love Languages“. Love languages are what need to be communicated to each of us in order [Continue Reading…]
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Real Love is Hard Work
Everybody seems to talk so freely about love. I love pizza. I love my dog. I love driving fast. I love…and from youth, I’ll always hear about some boy or girl being in love with [Continue Reading…]
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Belonging, Remaining, and Bearing
I’ve often talked about how reading the New Testament in its original Greek language really communicates what is being said, and that English loses so much in translation…well one night, I was translating John 15:1-7 [Continue Reading…]
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Speaking of Heaven, Why Wouldn’t You?
I was thinking the other day about people who ask about people of other religions and their possibilities of getting to Heaven. Now, as Christians, we know that that the ONLY way to Heaven, where [Continue Reading…]
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What is Christmas Really About?
You know, it’s funny that if somebody is to understand what Christmas is and why we celebrate it, they have to understand who Jesus is and why God sent Him. The First, Second, and Third [Continue Reading…]
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Responding To Sin
2 Samuel 12:1-15A The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a [Continue Reading…]
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Did the Muslims Replace the Jews as God’s People?
I once had a conversation with a friend, who was a Sunni Muslim, about his beliefs. He said that they believed they (Muslims) replaced the Jews as God’s chosen people, because of all the times when [Continue Reading…]