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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-11-25
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A New Way to Look at Worship
Jesus' condemnation to the Pharisees was that they exchanged true worship of God for rules taught by men. They exalted tradition over worship. It's easy to pile up on the hypocrisy of the Pharisees without…
Created 8 months ago
Mark 7:6 (NIV84), Mark 7:7 (NIV84), Mark 7:8 (NIV84), Mark 7:9 (NIV84), Mark 7:10 (NIV84), Mark 7:11 (NIV84), Mark 7:12 (NIV84), Mark 7:13 (NIV84)
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Who are my Gentiles?
I've always found it intriguing that the story of Peter and the Centurion takes up two chapters in Acts. Acts 10 and 11 are basically the same story. Chapter 10 is where the story happens, and chapter…
Created over 1 year ago
Acts 11:1 (NIV84), Acts 11:2 (NIV84), Acts 11:3 (NIV84), Acts 11:4 (NIV84), Acts 11:5 (NIV84), Acts 11:6 (NIV84), Acts 11:7 (NIV84), Acts 11:8 (NIV84), Acts 11:9 (NIV84), Acts 11:10 (NIV84), Acts 11:11 (NIV84), Acts 11:12 (NIV84), Acts 11:13 (NIV84), Acts 11:14 (NIV84), Acts 11:15 (NIV84)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-05
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The problem of evil explained (partially)
One of the age old questions asked is, "why do bad things happen to good people?" and "why would a good God allow evil to continue to the world?" In this parable, I think we see a glimpse of why God…
Created over 1 year ago
Matthew 13:24 (NIV84), Matthew 13:25 (NIV84), Matthew 13:26 (NIV84), Matthew 13:27 (NIV84), Matthew 13:28 (NIV84), Matthew 13:29 (NIV84), Matthew 13:30 (NIV84)
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a different perspective
Our natural impulse is to see everything from our own perspective. So, when trials occur and we experience hardship, our world starts falling apart. But there's always another perspective: Gods perspective.…
Created over 1 year ago
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Buying Friends
This passage has always confused me. It seems like Jesus is telling us to use money to buy friends. That seems off. He continues on in verse 11 to say that if we can be trusted with worldly wealth, we'll…
Created over 1 year ago
