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Hearing Gladly
The son of Herod the Great, Herod Antipas provides a very important lesson for us about hearing and responding to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Herod Antipas was the ruler over Galilee during the time of…
Created 10 months ago
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God's Loincloth
Our God loves to use graphic illustrations of His relationship to us and in the case of the Old Testament, to illustrate how the people of Israel have sinned against Him. Jeremiah 13 contains one of those…
Created 11 months ago
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Love and Works
What would Jesus say about today's church? In my work on human trafficking, I was giving a presentation the other day and someone asked me how the church was responding to the issue of human trafficking.…
Created about 1 year ago
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Inward vs. Outward
I was reading through 2 Corinthians Chapter 5 this morning and a verse caught my attention just beyond the one that usually causes me pause. The verse that always gives me pause is of course the well…
Created about 1 year ago
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Job- Misunderstanding Tragedy
I've often struggled to understand the book of Job. It is a long book...almost too long...and the vast majority is frankly depressing. I don't need to go over the story because most know the story, but…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2010-12-26
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2010-12-26
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Principle 3- It's not about our happiness...
We live in a world that is constantly bombarding us with the message that our lives should be focused on our own happiness and pleasure. This message streams from every commercial we are exposed to...in…
Created over 1 year ago
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Leaving everything and following Him...
In Luke 5, we receive a more full account of the call of James, John and Peter. Unlike what has often been portrayed out of Matthew Chapter 4 as an isolated call of Jesus and immediate response by the…
Created over 1 year ago
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How Great a Salvation
Have you ever wondered why there is such a difference between the way God portrays Himself in the Old Testament and the New Testament? After all, there is a clear difference, and you don't have to go…
Created over 1 year ago
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The future
During my devotions this morning, I was reading in Daniel Chapter 9, which of course is the chapter that contains the famous seventy sevens or weeks passage. It got me thinking about future events. Dispensationalists…
Created over 1 year ago
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The importance of suffering
Living in the United States, I find that there are two related characteristics of our culture here that work against us as Christians drawing close to the Lord. The first is our rampant materialism, and…
Created over 1 year ago
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Muscle Building
We live in a busy world, occupied with all kinds of activities that drain our strength from us. Add to that the inevitable bad things that happen, and we will have episodes when we are left without strength…
Created over 1 year ago
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Gospel Amnesia
I've been a believer for over 36 years, but I still struggle to apply the Gospel (or Good News) of Jesus Christ to my life in certain ways. An example of this are the pangs of guilt I feel when I read…
Created almost 2 years ago
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False Prophets
In Jeremiah 28, there is an interesting story about a false prophet named Hananiah. Hananiah is prophesying peace for the nation of Judah while Jeremiah is predicting more war, famine, and defeat by the…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Gideon
If someone knows something about Gideon, it usually has to do with the episode with the fleece. However, I've found myself thinking about the characteristics of the man, since there are a few clues about…
Created almost 2 years ago
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God's Loincloth
If you've read much in the Old Testament, you know that God loves word pictures. He created those word pictures often by telling His prophets to do some very unusual things. Jeremiah chapter 13 is an…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Actions vs. Attitude
All too often when thinking about obedience to God, I make the mistake of focusing on actions rather than attitude. Both are important, but it is attitude that bring the right actions, not the other way…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Our Tithe
In my 35+ years of being a Christian, I've heard many different sermons on the "tithe" and how we're supposed to give a minimum of 10% of our money to God. But I've never heard a sermon or teaching on…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Doer versus hearer
I had the opportunity to hear Os Guinness at a meeting a week ago and I've been reflecting on his words ever since. One thing that struck me in particular is his perception of the modern day Christian…
Created about 2 years ago
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Good Works- Titus 3
I've been a Christian now for over 35 years, and for the vast majority of those years, the enemy was successful in keeping me from focusing on what is truly important in this life. Satan's main form of…
Created about 2 years ago
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Accounted as worthy
I was reading Luke 20 the other day, and as so often happens, something caught my attention that I had never noticed before in Scripture. It was the words of Jesus describing those who will go to heaven.…
Created about 2 years ago
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The importance of faith
There is an episode recorded at the end of the seventh chapter of Luke which could easily be misinterpreted, unless close attention is paid to the words of Jesus. The episode is that of the sinful woman…
Created over 2 years ago
Luke 7:36 (ASV), Luke 7:37 (ASV), Luke 7:38 (ASV), Luke 7:39 (ASV), Luke 7:40 (ASV), Luke 7:41 (ASV), Luke 7:42 (ASV), Luke 7:43 (ASV), Luke 7:44 (ASV), Luke 7:45 (ASV), Luke 7:46 (ASV), Luke 7:47 (ASV), Luke 7:48 (ASV), Luke 7:49 (ASV), Luke 7:50 (ASV)
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An Eternal Perspective
I've often wondered what it is that makes some people more active in their faith than others. Why do some people seem to go to church faithfully every Sunday, yet during the week, their lives are indistinguishable…
Created over 3 years ago
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Party...don't weep
This scene is fascinating to me. To have all the residents of Jerusalem gathered together and hungry for the Word of the Lord. It must have been an amazing time. They didn't have to be told to "go to…
Created over 3 years ago
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Finishing Strong
It always concerns me to read of someone in either the Old or New Testament who starts very strongly in their relationship with God, but finishes poorly. It means that except for the Grace of God, I can…
Created over 3 years ago
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Self Control
I've been thinking a lot lately about the whole concept of self control. My son Caleb wears a t-shirt from college that quotes Prov. 25:28- "Like a city whose walls are broken down is man who lacks self…
Created over 3 years ago
Jeffrey Barrows
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