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When We Were Sinners
I used to believe I was too far gone for a good Savior to save me. Or too weird, or stupid, or something. Sometimes I still feel like that. Sometimes I see a dirty, homeless person, and I have a hard…
Created about 1 month ago
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Servant of All
If you have read this far, and are in fact looking at these notes, and still feel those nagging thoughts like "Is this commitment stuff really for me?" then here's where those questions get answered.…
Created about 1 month ago
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Come See Where He Lay
The believers here were invited to see where His dead body had lain. Because He is no longer dead--Hallelujah!--we are invited to see Him on His throne, alive forever. And, we're invited to live with…
Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-03-04
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We Can See It, Can't We?
There a couple of big words here, but we can all tell what different behaviors do to different people. For instance, if someone subscribes to a homosexual lifestyle, he or she will be lonely and feel…
Created 3 months ago
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Debt
Financial debt is a scourge of our times. To live in the way we think we should live, we borrow thousands more than we can pay; we are in fact encouraged to use credit by our worldly leaders. But Paul…
Created 4 months ago
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High-tech communication
This is the first letter of the New Testament (though not the first written), and it is worth considering what it took to produce it. The "paper" was sheepskin, carefully cured and very expensive. The…
Created 5 months ago
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The Church Goes West
I think it's really exciting that YouVersion allows people to post, and share, comments from believers in our great King all over the world--look at all the languages! So, I'd like to share how special…
Created 7 months ago
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Not guilty
God says "No condemnation." The state might condemn me; friends and family might abandon me. Why, I could fester a poor opinion--maybe even well deserved--of myself. Another place Paul reminds us that…
Created 8 months ago
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Why not hold Him?
Jesus our almighty King is the beloved of Heaven and of God Himself. We all want to hold on to Him--sometimes we can. Soon we can. But He didn't allow Mary to hold Him here because she had to understand…
Created 8 months ago
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"I'll be back."
Greetings to all who love our King. Jesus our Lord left a clear signal here, familiar to everyone of the time--John sees no need to explain it to his readers. When a Jewish man got up from his table,…
Created 8 months ago
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No condemnation, anywhere!
What a concept! What power there is in this truth! What joy we have when we FINALLY realize forgiveness, Jesus' love, what life is really all about! Get it clear: He doesn't condemn us, we don't condemn…
Created 8 months ago
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Needle's Eye
There was a gate to Jerusalem through which a camel had to stoop, with difficulty, to pass. Our King is making us think: is it more important for us to be upright, rich and comfortabe, or to get through…
Created 8 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-10-02
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A good man?
What a fascinating statement! Our righteous King saying "Only God is good"! It stopped this young man's flattery; it reminds us He WAS God.
Created 8 months ago