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The Spectrum of Wisdom
When we want to determine the molecular composition of a substance we may pass it through a spectrometer. The output of this spectrometer will ultimately be the chemical make up of the substance in question.…
Created 6 days ago
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Allegiance Filters
Like many things in the world there is a propensity within us to listen to and understand certain ideas and reject other. In Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions" there are two basic visions that people…
Created 13 days ago
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Life's Shock Absorbers
Have you ever seen a car with bad shocks going down the road? When it hits a bump it bounces violently up and down which then causes the driver to struggle to maintain course. If we don't believe right,…
Created about 1 month ago
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Power To Change
In physics power is the rate of energy usage. This energy consumption always causes something to change--light is created from a light bulb, the car moves down the road or human energy causes inventions…
Created about 1 month ago
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Spiritual Dieting
Jesus caused a spiritual revolution in many ways and this was just one. To separate the person from imaginative evils in the physical world and plant them were they belong--into the person and what they…
Created about 1 month ago
Matthew 15:17 (ESV), Matthew 15:18 (ESV), Matthew 15:19 (ESV), Matthew 15:20 (ESV)
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Sinking Faith, Rising Grace
We sometimes make fun of Peter's faith but we all, like him, start out with walk on water faith and then the circumstances of life pull us down as we have doubts. But, the story does not end with Peter's…
Created about 1 month ago
Matthew 14:28 (ESV), Matthew 14:29 (ESV), Matthew 14:30 (ESV), Matthew 14:31 (ESV)
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Natural Laws and Me
The scriptures given many different kinds of rules. Sometimes they are very specific to a people such as the dietary laws to the Jews. But, sometimes they are very general and are natural in the sense…
Created 2 months ago
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Passing the Test
It is interesting that after several chapters of exhortation that Paul now asks them to question the validity of their faith. When we are not behaving as we should this is a natural question that all…
Created 3 months ago
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Clear Commendation
How do I recognize that the Lord is commending someone? It must not be because of success for there are many that have success and are evil. It must not be that their words are accepted, for the world…
Created 3 months ago
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The Gospel Conflict
The gospel conflict is demonstrated here. When we wear Christ as an outer garment the world may dishonor us but, we will receive honor by those yoked with us. We can have great sorrow for the lost and…
Created 3 months ago
2 Corinthians 6:8 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 6:9 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 6:10 (ESV)
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A New Species
When Christ died He created a whole new species that never existed before--the Christian. No one was like a Christian before Christ and only those in Him now are Christians. We Christian are a new species…
Created 3 months ago
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Oh That Smell
The knowledge of God is a wonderful fragrance that spreads by the saved. The world's godly smell at Paul's time was light as it had only spread to upper Africa and Euro-Asia. Today, that fragrance is…
Created 3 months ago
2 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 2:15 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 2:16 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 2:17 (ESV)
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Releasing Power
This is the main purpose of prophesying scripture in public--to convince others that God is with us. There is real power in the scripture to properly convict the heart. This power of conviction is not…
Created 3 months ago
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Faith Fusion
Some people know well how to compartmentalize life. When it is time for church, they act like church goers; when it is bowling night, they act like the rest; at work their mouth sounds the same and so…
Created 3 months ago
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Balance Freedom With Love
We Christians are meant to be free and live responsibly towards God and others. However, many churches create intricate laws to force their membership into conformity. Is this because we are not responsible…
Created 3 months ago
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It Does Not Compute
If you think and meditate real hard on what God has prepared for you...can you see it? No, because His thoughts are not our thoughts. Understanding God is like asking the first Apple computer to execute…
Created 4 months ago
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Power To Be Free
It seems to be in our human nature to be addicted to something. We might be owned by drugs, sex, gambling, status, power, wealth and so forth. But, Christ has come that nothing like these should ever…
Created 4 months ago
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Tasteful Truth
Colossians reminds us that manner in which we speak is also important. The same truth can be presented in multiple ways with very different results. I learned this many years ago. (I'm still learning.)…
Created 4 months ago
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The Maturity Catalyst
Sometimes we wonder what we should pray for when we intercede and Paul gives us the answer in Col 1:9. We should pray that others be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.…
Created 4 months ago
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Non-Shifting Hope
We must continue in our hope to the end. If our faith is real, it will last...if it is not, it will not. From the external viewpoint, this may look like we lost our faith but, I believe we never truly…
Created 4 months ago
Colossians 1:21 (ESV), Colossians 1:22 (ESV), Colossians 1:23 (ESV)
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Sum of Our Thoughts
We are intellectual creatures by creation. We have minds and we are made to think. In many ways we are simply the sum of our thoughts. Paul, through the Spirit, tells us what kind of thoughts will make…
Created 4 months ago
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The Motive Motor
We can all fall into this trap as it is our nature to indulge self. To satisfy self can easily become our goal. So, what motivates us? It does not have to be things, money or other tangible stuff. It…
Created 4 months ago
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Fearlessness
Paul should know about how to remain fearless in the face of opposition. It is clear to him, through the Holy Spirit, that this fearless confidence in our faith makes our opposition realize that they…
Created 4 months ago
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Truth Trumps Motivation
The presenter's motivation does not change the power of truth. Why? Because what we believe and confess about Christ (Romans 10:9,10) is all that matters. Regardless of who or why the truth is presented,…
Created 4 months ago
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Kindness
Kindness is so important as it flavors everything we do with others. When I'm kind, I open my heart to feel what the object of my kindness feels. I then have to treat them with same forgiveness that God…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2011-10-13
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-09-05
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-04-27
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-07
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-03-03
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Psalm 90:1
Psalm 90:1 (NET)
O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 103:13
Psalm 103:13 (NET)
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 119:19
Psalm 119:19 (NET)
I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!Created about 1 year ago
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Ecclesiastes 2:10
Ecclesiastes 2:10 (NET)
I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.Created about 1 year ago
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NET)
The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 40:6
Isaiah 40:6 (NET)
A voice says, “Cry out!” Another asks, “What should I cry out?” The first voice responds: “All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.Created about 1 year ago
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Luke 12:15
Luke 12:15 (NET)
Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Created about 1 year ago
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Ephesians 2:19
Ephesians 2:19 (NET)
So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,Created about 1 year ago
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Philippians 3:12
Philippians 3:12 (NET)
Not that I have already attained this – that is, I have not already been perfected – but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.Created about 1 year ago
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Philippians 3:20
Philippians 3:20 (NET)
But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,Created about 1 year ago
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1 Timothy 6:17
1 Timothy 6:17 (NET)
Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.Created about 1 year ago
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Hebrews 11:13
Hebrews 11:13 (NET)
These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.Created about 1 year ago
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Hebrews 12:1
Hebrews 12:1 (NET)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,Created about 1 year ago
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James 1:8
James 1:8 (NET)
since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.Created about 1 year ago
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1 Peter 1:3
1 Peter 1:3 (NET)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Created about 1 year ago
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1 Peter 2:9
1 Peter 2:9 (NET)
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Created about 1 year ago
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Revelation 3:17
Revelation 3:17 (NET)
Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-02-20
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-31
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-28
Donald Hescht
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