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Faith
When we read the infamous “faith chapter” Hebrews 11, we get a Biblical definition for the word faith: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (v. 1, ESV) Of course, when you read this in any number of translations, you get many different shades of the same
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No King
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (Jud 21:25, ESV) When I read this scripture, I know that the author was literally meaning that this was in the time prior to the monarchy in Israel. God never intended for there to be a monarchy,
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Wine and Wineskins
I was reading a book called Return to Authentic Christianity that made me stop to think about the Wine and Wineskin issue in Jesus’ teachings. This is found is 3 of the Gospels, and I am including the text here: Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and
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The Lord’s Annointing
It has been an extremely long time since I last wrote to this BLOG. I have made excuses saying that I didn’t have time for various reasons, mostly centering on our move into our new house. But, those were just excuses. Really, I was just discouraged that I was taking the time and effort, and
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Baptism
It has been several weeks now since I last posted. I had to spend some alone time with God, and highly recommend it for everyone. The practice of solitude is not just a person being standoffish, but it really is a time for that person to let the Lord minister to him/her through the Holy
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The Great Commission
I know I touched on the Great Commission before, but I wanted to devote my entire ranting to it. We notice in Mark that Jesus talks about salvation. He gives His commission to His disciples (and, therefore, us) to go into the entire world and preach the Gospel message to everybody, not just to a
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