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Tag Archives: Grace
August 13 – Grace and Truth
John 1:1-18; 1 Chronicles 5-6; Zephaniah 2 It was one of those days. I had to run some errands before I got to the airport to travel overseas for a mission trip. Everyone else decided that this day was a … Continue reading
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Tagged 613 laws, apologies, contrite, cop, excuses, exile, favor with God, God, Grace, Israel, Jesus, John, Judah, Law, love, Old Testament, Pharisees, pulled over, Relationship with God, religious elite, return from exile, separation from God, sin, sinners, slow, speeding, the gods, Torah, travel overseas, warning
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August 10 – Street Cred
2 Corinthians 11; 2 Kings 25; Habakkuk 2 Street Cred. In the hip hop community that usually means that the rapper has lived on the streets and probably spent time in jail. Street Cred is important to people in the … Continue reading
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Tagged a different gospel, arrested, beaten, collect money, Corinthian Church, Corinthians, correctional officer, criminals, don't retaliate, down troddden, eloquence, flogged, God's love, Grace, heroes, hip hop, honor those in jail, imprisoned, in the trenches, jail, Jesus, luxury, mercy, obedience, obedient, Paul, preachers, prison, public speakers, rappers, Rick Ross, Roman officials, Romans, Street Cred, turn the other cheek, weakness
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August 6 – Producing Godly Sorrow
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:16; 2 Kings 19; Nahum 1 “Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you … Continue reading
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Tagged anguish, compassion, Corinthians, Death, disagree means hate, eagerness, examine ourselves, followers of christ, godly sorrow, Grace, guilt, judgmental, Justice, justified in sin, love means agree, loving Jesus, no regrets, outpouring of faith, Paul, politically correct, recognize sin, recrimination, Repentance, Rick Warren, salvation, secular, seek God, show God's grace, show God's love, sin, sincerity, sinful behavior, sorrow, stubborn, two lies, worldly sorrow
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August 3 – Your Reputation Precedes You
2 Corinthians 2:5-3:18; 2 Kings 15-16; Micah 5:2-15 Have you ever looked at someone and thought, “Things just aren’t right?” They have all the credentials for the job, but things don’t seem to click. Something is out of place. A … Continue reading
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Tagged apostle, business, Church, Corinthians, exaggerate, fishermen, Grace, interpret for the deaf, Jesus, letters of recommendation, love, not right, Paul, people know, reputation, resume enhancement, self-importance, servant, slip in, slip out, work in the church
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August 1 – Giving in Grace
1 Corinthians 16; 2 Kings 12-13; Micah 3 We’ve been keeping score the wrong way. Seriously. If you want to see who the best player in a particular sport may be, what do you do? You go to your favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged accumulate, best player, Christian, collection for God's people, collections, Corinthian Church, difficult times, disowned, earning power, faith, famine, follower of Christ, Galatian churches, give away, giving, giving 10%, giving from guilt, giving out of love, Grace, help others, highest salaries, Jerusalem church, Jesus, keeping score, Law, lost jobs, meddling, more, negotiation, over and above, Paul, quality of people, tithing, widow gave all
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July 31 – Laughing In The Face Of Death
1 Corinthians 15:35-58; 2 Kings 11; Micah 2 Death. It’s a popular subject in literature. Death is a universal theme because everyone experiences it in every culture. Death becomes part of literature, art, and film. How death is portrayed may … Continue reading
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Tagged Bollywood, candle, character, Corinthian Church, crucifixion, Death, eternal fellowship, evangelize, evil, friend, good, good news, Grace, grim reaper, heavenly bodies, horrible death, jeer death, Jesus, love of God, macabre, mercy, Paul, peaceful death, Relationship with God, resurrection, sting of death, toothless pup, trash talk, ultimate enemy, victory, working stiff
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July 18 – As You Were….
1 Corinthians 6; 1 Kings 19; Amos 3:3-4:3 The Sexual Revolution began in the 1960’s. Attitudes changed so that Christian values relating to sexuality and marriage gave way to more permissive attitudes. Fears of the consequences that came from a … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Greece, antibiotics, attitudes changed, birth control, body unimportant, brothels, changed lives, Christian values, consequences, continue in sin, Corinth, Corinthians, desires, forgive, Grace, holy, hope, Hugh Hefner, justified, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Lord Jesus Christ, lose hope, marriage, mercy, Paul, pornography, prostitutes, resurrection, sanctified, science, self-indulgence, sex and marriage, Sexual Revolution, sexuality, Spirit of our God, Temple prostitutes, washed
July 17 – Who Gets the Grace?
1 Corinthians 5; 1 Kings 18; Amos 2:1-3:2 I had an interesting experience while traveling in Rwanda. I was able to post my devotionals using a mobile app, but I wasn’t able to go to the site while there. Since … Continue reading
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Tagged accepting, amazing grace, beliefs, blocked site, Church, church regulations, church rules, Corinthians, drunkard, Grace, greedy, idolaters, judge those inside the church, Laws, loving, merciful, open-minded, pagans, Paul, reputation of the church, Rwanda, sexually immoral, sleeping with step-mother, swindlers, This shirt is illegal
July 13 – Foolishness or Power?
1 Corinthians 1:18-31; 1 Kings 14; Joel 2:1-11 I remember messing up as a child. I would do something foolish, and my dad or my mom would punish me. No matter how severe the punishment may have been, the hardest … Continue reading
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Tagged Creator God, Cross, death on a cross, discipline, excuses, fool, foolish, foolishness, God doesn't exist, God loves me, goodness of God, Grace, Greeks, hold my beer, mercy, messing up, Paul, penalty for sin, power of God, redemption, resurrection, sacrifice, saved, virgin birth, watch this, wisdom, you should have known better
