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He Preached Peace
Its hard to fine someone these days who would say humanity is at war with God. But Scripture states clearly that until God takes the initiative to call a person into a saving relationship with Jesus,…
Created 12 months ago
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Eternity Past to Eternity Future
The golden chain of salvation--foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification--are interconnected and inseparable. This chain reaches from eternity past to eternity future. Foreknowledge…
Created 12 months ago
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The Big Picture
The big picture: we need to live together as the new covenant community.
Created over 1 year ago
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The Big Picture
The big picture: like the heroes of the faith who looked forward to the Messiah's coming, we need to keep our eyes glued to Him as we persevere in faith.
Created over 1 year ago
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The Big Picture
The big picture: Jesus is greater than the Old Testament sacrifices.
Created over 1 year ago
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The Big Picture
The Big picture: Jesus is greater than the priests and high priests.
Created over 1 year ago
Hebrews 4:13 (ESV), Hebrews 4:14 (ESV), Hebrews 4:15 (ESV), Hebrews 4:16 (ESV), Hebrews 5:1 (ESV), Hebrews 6:1 (ESV), Hebrews 7:1 (ESV), Hebrews 7:2 (ESV), Hebrews 7:3 (ESV), Hebrews 7:4 (ESV), Hebrews 7:5 (ESV), Hebrews 7:6 (ESV), Hebrews 7:7 (ESV), Hebrews 7:8 (ESV), Hebrews 7:9 (ESV), Hebrews 7:10 (ESV), Hebrews 7:11 (ESV), Hebrews 7:12 (ESV), Hebrews 7:13 (ESV), Hebrews 7:14 (ESV), Hebrews 7:15 (ESV), Hebrews 7:16 (ESV), Hebrews 7:17 (ESV), Hebrews 7:18 (ESV), Hebrews 7:19 (ESV), Hebrews 7:20 (ESV), Hebrews 7:21 (ESV), Hebrews 7:22 (ESV), Hebrews 7:23 (ESV), Hebrews 7:24 (ESV), Hebrews 7:25 (ESV), Hebrews 7:26 (ESV), Hebrews 7:27 (ESV), Hebrews 7:28 (ESV)
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The Big Picture
The big picture: Jesus is greater than Moses.
Created over 1 year ago
Hebrews 3:1 (ESV), Hebrews 4:1 (ESV), Hebrews 4:2 (ESV), Hebrews 4:3 (ESV), Hebrews 4:4 (ESV), Hebrews 4:5 (ESV), Hebrews 4:6 (ESV), Hebrews 4:7 (ESV), Hebrews 4:8 (ESV), Hebrews 4:9 (ESV), Hebrews 4:10 (ESV), Hebrews 4:11 (ESV), Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
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Unity
The unity of believers is perhaps the most powerful witness to the world of the saving grace of our Lord. This unity, explicitly related to the world, was a central petition of our Lord's prayer for His…
Created over 1 year ago
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Peacemaking
The psalmist's dictum, "Seek peace and pursue it," is repeated twice in the New Testament (2 Tim. 2:22; 1 Pet. 3:11). Jesus gave special blessing to peacemakers (Matt. 5:9). Peace, as a virtue, was prominent…
Created over 1 year ago
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Mercy
This universal virtue of mercy is to be applied in a broad cultural context. From the prophets to Jesus to the apostles, mercy is one of those virtues that, when applied, demonstrates the very essence…
Created over 1 year ago
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Love
While believers are to show love within the circle of the church body, the great thrust is outward. This "royal law," as James called it, was simply "Love your neighbor as yourself." Combined with the…
Created over 1 year ago
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Humility
Humility is an outward virtue to be shown to all, not just to the inside cluster of the faithful.
Created over 1 year ago
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Reputation
Here the appeal is directed to leaders in the church. The use of the word "outsiders" places unusual emphasis on avoidance of public disgrace and entrapment by the devil.
Created over 1 year ago
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Unspiteful Living
Retaliation of any kind is forbidden. Evil generates evil. Believers, by God's help, are to break the cycle by not paying back wrong for wrong. Paul was aware of the much larger context of society in…
Created over 1 year ago
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Good Works
Doing good puts the lie to charges of wrongdoing. Peter's eschatological perspective (e.g., "glorify God on the day he visits us") formed the basis of moral appeal. It also gives a hint of evangelistic…
Created over 1 year ago
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Blamelessness & Purity
Here the appeal is to shine like stars in the universe. No inner-directed piety is addressed here; rather, it is a penetrating image of witness in a "crooked and depraved generation."
Created over 1 year ago
Philippians 2:14 (ESV), Philippians 2:15 (ESV), Philippians 2:16 (ESV)
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Battle the Alliance
The second assault against Ai was successful, but only after the sin of Achan was cleansed from Israel's camp (Joshua 7). The Israelites took the city and devoted its citizens to destruction, but keeping…
Created about 2 years ago
Joshua 10:1 (NASB), Joshua 10:2 (NASB), Joshua 10:3 (NASB), Joshua 10:4 (NASB), Joshua 10:5 (NASB), Joshua 10:6 (NASB), Joshua 10:7 (NASB), Joshua 10:8 (NASB), Joshua 10:9 (NASB), Joshua 10:10 (NASB), Joshua 10:11 (NASB), Joshua 10:12 (NASB), Joshua 10:13 (NASB), Joshua 10:14 (NASB), Joshua 10:15 (NASB), Joshua 10:16 (NASB), Joshua 10:17 (NASB), Joshua 10:18 (NASB), Joshua 10:19 (NASB), Joshua 10:20 (NASB), Joshua 10:21 (NASB), Joshua 10:22 (NASB), Joshua 10:23 (NASB), Joshua 10:24 (NASB), Joshua 10:25 (NASB), Joshua 10:26 (NASB), Joshua 10:27 (NASB), Joshua 10:28 (NASB), Joshua 10:29 (NASB), Joshua 10:30 (NASB), Joshua 10:31 (NASB), Joshua 10:32 (NASB), Joshua 10:33 (NASB), Joshua 10:34 (NASB), Joshua 10:35 (NASB), Joshua 10:36 (NASB), Joshua 10:37 (NASB), Joshua 10:38 (NASB), Joshua 10:39 (NASB), Joshua 10:40 (NASB), Joshua 10:41 (NASB), Joshua 10:42 (NASB), Joshua 10:43 (NASB)
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A Reminder of God's Holiness
The story of Rahab, a Canaanite women who found mercy, show God's grace in the midst of judggment. Achan's story acts as a reminder of the Holiness of our LORD. Here in chapter seven we see the first…
Created about 2 years ago
Joshua 7:1 (NASB), Joshua 7:2 (NASB), Joshua 7:3 (NASB), Joshua 7:4 (NASB), Joshua 7:5 (NASB), Joshua 7:6 (NASB), Joshua 7:7 (NASB), Joshua 7:8 (NASB), Joshua 7:9 (NASB), Joshua 7:10 (NASB), Joshua 7:11 (NASB), Joshua 7:12 (NASB), Joshua 7:13 (NASB), Joshua 7:14 (NASB), Joshua 7:15 (NASB), Joshua 7:16 (NASB), Joshua 7:17 (NASB), Joshua 7:18 (NASB), Joshua 7:19 (NASB), Joshua 7:20 (NASB), Joshua 7:21 (NASB), Joshua 7:22 (NASB), Joshua 7:23 (NASB), Joshua 7:24 (NASB), Joshua 7:25 (NASB), Joshua 7:26 (NASB)
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The Fall of Moon City
Joshua, being commissioned by God to lead Israel into Canaan, sent two spies into Jericho. By the efforts of Rahab, a Canaanite woman who feared the Lord (see Joshua 2), the spies were protected from…
Created about 2 years ago
Joshua 6:1 (NASB), Joshua 6:2 (NASB), Joshua 6:3 (NASB), Joshua 6:4 (NASB), Joshua 6:5 (NASB), Joshua 6:6 (NASB), Joshua 6:7 (NASB), Joshua 6:8 (NASB), Joshua 6:9 (NASB), Joshua 6:10 (NASB), Joshua 6:11 (NASB), Joshua 6:12 (NASB), Joshua 6:13 (NASB), Joshua 6:14 (NASB), Joshua 6:15 (NASB), Joshua 6:16 (NASB), Joshua 6:17 (NASB), Joshua 6:18 (NASB), Joshua 6:19 (NASB), Joshua 6:20 (NASB), Joshua 6:21 (NASB), Joshua 6:22 (NASB), Joshua 6:23 (NASB), Joshua 6:24 (NASB), Joshua 6:25 (NASB), Joshua 6:26 (NASB), Joshua 6:27 (NASB)
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Jericho
Jericho means "Moon City" -------- Merrell F. Unger, "The New Unger's Bible Dictionary", ed. R. K. Harrison, (Moody Publishers, Chicago, 1988). 671.
Created about 2 years ago