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Tag Archives: Grace
October 15 – Born to Worship
Revelation 15; Esther 6:14-8:17; Psalm 107:1-22 What’s the point of worship? Is it to have an experience. A lot of churches will talk about the “worship experience” that their church has that will lead you to new heights in your … Continue reading
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October 13 – Fool Me Once….
Revelation 13; Esther 3-4; Psalm 106:1-23 C.S. Lewis has a wonderful fantasy world called Narnia. In this world, which is an alternate reality where time moves in a different way from life on earth four children, two brothers and two … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate reality, Aslan, blind, C.S. Lewis, Caesar, Christ, Christians, dark, dwarves for the dwarves, fellowship, fooled, go along to get along, God's people, Grace, homage, Jesus, Jesus is Lord, John, Joy, Lamb, Lamb's book of life, light, love, mercy, Narnia, persecution, religious stuff, rule the world, stable, the beast, The Last Battle, two beasts, waging war, worship, worthy of worship
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October 3 – Open Doors
Revelation 3; Nehemiah 4; Psalm 98 As the movie “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is winding to a climax, Harry and his friends follow a vision Harry had, looking for Sirius Black, the man Harry thought of … Continue reading
October 2 – First Love
Revelation 2; Nehemiah 3; Psalm 97 When my wife and I first started dating, we were insufferable. People had us pegged to be married within a week. We did a lot of handholding, talking incessantly until late at night, we … Continue reading
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Tagged actions, allergies, Blackout of 1977, Connecticut, control, dating, devotion, endured hardships, Ephesus, faith, false apostles, flowers, forgot their own past, forsaken first love, Grace, insufferable, John, love for Christians, love relationship with Jesus, marriage, mature Christians, New York City, no longer in love, no tolerance, Paul, persevered, Relationship with God, Revelations, silence, speculation, troubles, trust, wicked people, young love
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October 1 – What Ya Got?
Revelation 1; Nehemiah 1-2; Psalm 96 You couldn’t miss the ads. Sometimes it was a famous person with a milk mustache, at other times it was someone unknown, but they all asked a simple question: “Got Milk?” Then you would … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing life, biblical history, death warrant, disloyal Christians, do good, Ephesus, exile, good things, Got Jesus, Got Milk, Grace, healed, healthier, Island of Patmos, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus is Lord, John, less tolerant, love, marketing, no money problems, opposition, parodies, Pax Romana, persecution, play nice, relationships, Revelation, sacrifice incense, testimony of Jesus, troubles will go away, victory, Word of God
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September 30 – #ThatsGrace
Jude 1; Ezra 9-10; Psalm 95 Sometimes people misunderstand. Sometimes others do it deliberately. My then fiancé, now wife, and her roommate Terry used to make it a habit to misconstrue everything I said. I don’t remember all of the … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing grace, antagonizing, battle of wits, change agent, Christianity, Church, condemnation, Cross, death of Jesus, deny Jesus, does this dress make me look fat, free and unmerited favor, God, God will forgive me, Grace, History, immorality, imperfections, Jesus Christ, Jude, justify immorality, misconstrue, misunderstand, not an excuse for sin, out of context, pervert grace, sin, temptations, twisted concepts, twisted words, undeserved love, what is grace, word game, word play
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September 29 – Evil: The Impossible Choice
3 John 1; Ezra 7-8; Psalm 94 One of the amazing things about Christianity is that our relationship with God is completely dependent upon Him. We come to that relationship through His grace. We stay in that relationship by His … Continue reading
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Tagged appease gods, appease the wrath of the gods, cheating, child sacrifice, Christianity, death of Jesus, destroy relationships, evil is not from God, forgive, God, God loves us, good is from God, Grace, grace abounds, hard to love God, heresy, human sacrifice, I know it when I see it, imitate good, indication, is faith real, John, marriage, Paul, Relationship with God, religions, resurrection, Romans, salvation, sanctification, sin, sins
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September 26 – A Perfect Love
1 John 4; Ezra 1-2; Psalm 91 I’ve had a few people ask me why I don’t talk about particular sins here: you know the ones Baptists, especially, are supposed to attack. I mention “sin” in general but talk a … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing, Baptists, depth of God's love, died on the cross, doctrinal purity, fires of hell, Forgiveness, God, God loved us first, Grace, grace of god, he first loved us, hell, John, legalistic behavior, love, love and grace of God, love of God, mercy, negative, no fear in love, people understand their sin, perfect in love, prophets of doom, right with God, Savior of the world, scare people, seek God, Sent Jesus, sin, sins
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September 24 – Love Drives Out Hate
1 John 2; 2 Chronicles 35; Psalm 89:38-52 There is a disturbing trend in our society that is stifling discussion of legitimate issues and polarizing the country. We, as a society, have decided that it’s important to label anyone who … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian value, class division, Corinthians, Cross, darkness, dialogue, discussion, don't deserve love, Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Martin Luther King, early church, Forgiveness, Galatians, Gentile, Grace, hate, haterade, haters, Jew, John, light, love, Nazis, not easy to love, polarizing society, political differences, religious beliefs, rich, Roman, Romans 5:8, slave, Thessalonians, traffic in hate, white supremacists
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