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... featured a lengthy article on Tom Landry, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Those who know me won’t be surprised to hear that I read ... of undaunted, untiring determination, Tom Landry gave God the glory and claimed that the life of the apostle Paul is an example we ...
Read Philippians 4:11–13
SOMEDAY WHEN THE KIDS ARE GROWN, things are going to be a lot different. The garage won’t ... always be somewhere between empty and fumes, and (glory to God!) I won’t have to clean up dog messes another time.
SOMEDAY WHEN THE ...
WHO WROTE JOB?
The author of the book of Job is unknown. Several suggestions have been put ... was Abraham's (Genesis 12:16). Like the patriarchs, Job used God's unique title “El Shaddai” (God Almighty). The book of Job does not mention the Mosaic Law; indeed, Job's ...
... which happened to a friend while he was vacationing in the Bahamas. The friend was sightseeing when he noticed a crowd gathered toward ... Swindoll, "Go for It," in The Finishing Touch: Becoming God's Masterpiece (Dallas: Word, 1994), 134-35. Copyright © 1994 by ...
... want to share with you one of my favourite prayer warriors, the life of Edward McKendree Bounds.
E.M. Bounds was born on August 15, ... the US. He is best known for his deep abiding love for God and his immense heart for prayer. For Bounds, prayer was as natural as ...
Read Exodus 15:22-27
Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert ... toward Mount Sinai. But before they arrived at the mount of God, they reached the wilderness of Shur in the northernmost section of the ...
Don’t get me wrong. I love the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas. And I love that God gave us emotions so we can fully experience the joys of this season. But at ... But treating it that way distorts and dilutes the impact God intended it to have. We lose touch with the crisis that Christ brings to ...
WHO WROTE AMOS?
The prophet Amos lived among a group of shepherds in Tekoa, a small town ... verses of his prophecy for such consolation. Prior to that, God's word through Amos was directed against the privileged people of Israel, a ... almost any other book of Scripture, the book of Amos holds God's people accountable for their ill-treatment of others. It repeatedly ...
... also full of other people living, moving, and being.
The Bible uses the word, “world” in these two ways too. It may refer to the ... of values and attitudes of a society that has abandoned God and is in opposition to Him. This world system is expressed through a ...
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It’s a costly investment, no question about it. But the dividends are so much greater than the original outlay that you’ll almost ... of invention, persistence is certainly the father.
God honours it. Maybe because He models it so well. His love for His people, ...
... know you're truly saved? Should you worry about heaven? At the heart of these questions is the interplay between the objective truth of ... written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). God wants ...
... Paul was a misfit. When it came to a place like Athens, the crusty Apostle clashed with the decor.
Made no sense at all. The ... also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’” (v. 23a)
Next, he employed an interesting yet brief ...
... how valuable it is to be healing agents, wound wrappers like the good Samaritan? When did we opt for placing more emphasis on being ... we could say they looked and sounded orthodox, but missed God’s favour. They observed the external Sabbath, but lacked the internal ...
Dear friend,
“Keep your eye on the Lord. Nothing happens behind His back. He’s totally in control.”
... in January 2020. “It’s such a comforting thought that God protects and guides His children,” Charlie continued. He then shared how ... laugh. “The cares on my shoulders disappeared. I could see God’s hand leading me...”
For many years, the church Charlie pastors, ...
WHO WROTE MARK?
The Bible records more information about Mark than any of the other gospel ...
Mark's gospel portrays Jesus as constantly on the move. The forward motion in Mark's writing keeps the knowledgeable reader's ... gospel portrays Jesus as the King, Mark reveals Him as God's Servant. Jesus' work was always for a larger purpose, a point clearly ...
WHO WROTE NAHUM?
The only mention in Scripture of Nahum the Elkoshite occurs in the first verse ... all kinds in a nation that had completely turned its back on God. The Lord's willingness to send Nahum, whose name means “comfort,” into ... of the story that began in Jonah. Sometime around 760 BC, God sent Jonah to Nineveh to preach repentance and hope to the Assyrian people, ...
“…we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16)
WWJD—what would Jesus do? ... ourselves that Scripture is the expression of the mind of God. We understand His mind by hearing, reading, studying, and meditating on ... life principles we can ever learn.
Why? Because God’s Word is His thoughts written on paper for our study and ...
... they scheme to steal your peace of mind.
Although the term defiance does not appear in Scripture, acts and attitudes of ... its serious consequences. Talk about stress fractures!
God never overlooks or winks at defiance. He deals with it, and we are to take ...
WHO WROTE ECCLESIASTES?
The title “Ecclesiastes” comes from a Greek word indicating a person who ... pointing us to a better, simpler life lived in light of God’s direction (Ecclesiastes 12:13–14).
WHY IS ECCLESIASTES SO ... human eyes—but ultimately recognizes the rule and reign of God in the world. This more humanistic quality has made the book especially ...
... to this question will determine whether you live under the authority of Scripture or not. Those who do not claim Scripture as their ... of Scripture will say it weekends are about doing what God wants. Determining what God wants is derived from the Bible’s teaching ...
