Category: Blog
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Christ our King
Two thousand years ago, give or take a few years and months, the LORD, our God, sent forth His Son born by a virgin woman. This Child, Jesus, was the image of the Invisible God. When Mary and Joseph looked down at baby Jesus, they gazed upon the radiance of the glory of God. The…
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Limping Between Two Opinions
Elijah’s question to the Israelites is still relevant in the modern church today. As Christians, we can find ourselves seeking peace with the world, and that infamous word “compromise” is often thrown around. Go along to get along. On some issues, we stand with Jesus, but it can be easier to agree with the world…
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Faith Apart From Works
The Apostle Paul tells us that “we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law “(Roman 3:28). Yet, James says that “faith by itself, if it does not have works is dead” (James 2:17). James and Paul seem to oppose each other on the very surface level. This may be…
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The Logos / The Word
Introduction: In relationship to the audiences, each Gospel appealed to a different audience. Matthew wrote to the religious Jewish; Mark wrote to the Romans; Luke wrote to the Greek. Finally, John wrote the Gospel for a universal audience which is evident in how he explains the Jewish cultural aspects in the Gospel. The Gospel of…
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SERVING HYPOTHETICAL GODS
Who are we serving? I teach middle school and high school English. One of the things I hear is “We’re doing it for our children,” or “We’re here to serve our families,” or “Without our kids, we won’t have a job.” All of these statements are true. At least partially. …
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WALKING BY FAITH IN A HOSTILE WORLD Part 2
Previously, I discussed how although works is the evidence of faith, faith, alone, can save through Jesus Christ. I want to dive a little deeper into the concept of faith. Previously, I discussed how the author of Hebrew describes faith as “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things unseen” (Hebrew 11:1). During…
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WALKING BY FAITH IN A HOSTILE WORLD
When I first read the Apostle Paul’s many epistles and the Apostle James’s epistle, it seemed that they present two contradictory manners of achieving salvation. In Roman 5:1, Paul writes, “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” In Galatians 3:24, Paul writes, “the law…
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WHY IS GOD A JEALOUS GOD?
What does it mean to be jealous? Why is the Lord a jealous God? Think about it. How do we use the word jealous? It is usually used in a pejorative or negative manner. Frequently, we use the word jealous to describe someone envious or insecure. Yet we know that the LORD is neither insecure…
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THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
The command “fear the Lord” or “Fear God” appears several times in the bible. Proverbs 9:10 even says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. This passage appears several times in proverbs in some form or another (1:7, 2:5, 8:13, 10:27, 14:26, 14:27, 15:16, 15:33, 19:9, 19:23). Clearly, God expects us to fear him to…
Pondering His Holy Word 