Speaking the Truth in Love

When Peter begins his message to the people gathered on Pentecost, he gives them a history lesson (Acts 2:1-41). These people were Jewish and knew their history, or at least they should have. The only reason they were in Jerusalem at that time is because of a feast. But Peter reviews it with them so …

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Hope in Spite of Suffering

While people are more frequently reminded as they get older that things wear down and waste away, Christians can forget in their daily life that what we labor and strive for is not for this world but the next. We build up castles for ourselves when the Lord has promised us the world. We make …

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Scripture and Science

  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. ~ Romans 1:20 ~ I heard the sad news today that a well-known and intelligent man died. He did …

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Repost: The Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

At the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer, we are led to focus on God and who He is: hollowed, sovereign, omniscient, omnipresent, a Father to us all. These aspects of God should be at the forefront of our minds always, and especially when we pray. Now we can move on to our first request to …

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