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... they say “all sin is equal.” But is that true? What does the Bible say? Are all sins equal?
Is one sin worse or greater than ...
First, all sin is equal in the sense that all sin breaks God’s law and falls short of His perfect standards. The Bible portrays sin as ...
... does it mean to have childlike faith?
Answer:
The concept of faith is woven through the pages of Scripture and is essential to a personal relationship with God. In fact, “without faith, it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6 ...
In the 1890s, a man by the name of Charles Sheldon penned the famous book In His ... time I checked that's the point of Christianity. Jesus was God come to Earth to redeem it and us. He was, the Bible says, perfect. ... with choices we would do what the perfect Man, the Son of God, would do. He was capable of miracles. He is unlimited. His options were ...
... of possible encounters.
Without a direct revelation from God it's impossible to know for sure, but circumstances might suggest the possibility that we have indeed experienced a special visitation.
I ...
As we anticipate celebrating the birth of Christ through the season of Advent, I wanted to share the history behind the beautiful Christmas hymn “O Holy Night.”
“O ...
... food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.” Learning ... to evaluate. While we are forbidden to condemn—that’s God’s job—we are required to evaluate. Without judging in this context, ...
Chuck Swindoll tells the story about his brother Orville who drove his family back from the mission ... because the days are evil” (5:15,16 NIV). Even God Himself had a plan from before creation. He executed His plan in history in ... the age. Therefore, as those made in the image of a planning God I believe He expects us to also plan.
But there are passages, which ...
During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, the British government began to run low on silver for coins. Lord Cromwell sent ... for an investigation of the local cathedral.
Talk with God about it today.
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Read Matthew 5:13–16
During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, the British government began to run low on silver ... for an investigation of the local cathedral.
Talk with God about it today.
Excerpted from Come Before Winter and Share My Hope ...
Hitting the bull’s-eye is what archery is all about. I learned years ago hitting the bull’s-eye doesn’t happen from flinging arrows in the general direction ... by year 33 you will have more than 8.5 billion disciples. God’s plan calls for multiplication.
Just as the normal process is for ...
... (Proverbs 14:12)
Do you know where you are going?
The place? Dublin, Ireland. The time? Toward the end of the nineteenth century. ... Petronius once sneered, “It is easier to find a god than a man in Athens.”
By and by, monotheistic rabbi and polytheistic ...
... talking about David's significant question in Psalm 11: "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (v. 3). So, how can ... maligned, and mistreated. How comforting were those words, "God is our refuge" ( chasah , same word)..."God is our refuge and strength, a ...
... he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the ... Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! The LORD who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will ...
... 15:1-5
Benjamin Franklin once called David's Psalm 15 the "Gentleman's Psalm." To him, it represented the standard of life after ... It sets forth many of the moral and ethical characteristics God desires in His children's day-to-day lifestyle, both in public and in ...
... dad. Finally, after a quick search, he grabbed his daddy by the leg and yelled, “Man, that story of Moses and all those people crossing ... If insurance companies choose to leave room for “acts of God,” that's their business. Not “smart” people. Those are fightin' words ...
... I've been tossing around. What do I mean when I declare that the Christian has liberty? Essentially, liberty is freedom... freedom from ... initially freedom from sin's power and guilt. Freedom from God's wrath. Freedom from satanic and demonic authority. And equally important, ...
... Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. (Ephesians 5:15–16)
... only about that passage throughout the offering time. Ask God to speak to you as though you were all alone in the worship service.
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... They're my kind of people. No one understands better than the Southworths that no matter how tough things get there's always light at the ... something to be thankful for,” says Jean. “In our case, God protected us. The Curly's truck could have easily come into our bedroom ...
... know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and ... could say they looked and sounded orthodox, but they missed God’s favour. They observed the external Sabbath, but they lacked the ...
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As we discussed in Part One, Martin Luther, hero of the Protestant Reformation, was a maverick, a classic shaker and mover. Alone...independent...invincible. He needed no one but God to lean on.
Or did he?
Is that true of any “hero”?
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