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Teach what you've lived
You could paraphrase this verse to say "Point these doctrines out to the brethren, having been nourished by those doctrines." In other words, teach what has nourished you. Don't just learn it and teach…
Created 29 days ago
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Isaiah 5:13
Isaiah 5:13 (ESV)
Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.Created 5 months ago
Labels: knowledge
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-11-12
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Acts 15:19
Acts 15:19 (NIV)
"It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.Created 8 months ago
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Exodus 19:5-6
Exodus 19:5-6 (ESV)
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;Created 8 months ago
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Matthew 12:48-50
Matthew 12:48-50 (ESV)
But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"Created 8 months ago
Labels: family
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Psalm 27:4
Psalm 27:4 (ESV)
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.Created 8 months ago
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Change the way you think
We tend to think "repent" means "change the way you behave," but it really means "change the way you think." Jesus does want us to become more like him, but what he asks us to do first or primarily is…
Created 8 months ago
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Acts 11:17
Acts 11:17 (ESV)
If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"Created 8 months ago
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Acts 11:17
Acts 11:17 (ESV)
If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"Created 8 months ago
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Matthew 8:11
Matthew 8:11 (ESV)
I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,Created 8 months ago
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Genesis 35:11-12
Genesis 35:11-12 (ESV)
And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.Created 9 months ago
Labels: covenant
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Genesis 28:13-15
Genesis 28:13-15 (ESV)
And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.Created 9 months ago
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Genesis 26:3
Genesis 26:3 (ESV)
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.Created 9 months ago
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Genesis 15:18
Genesis 15:18 (ESV)
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,Created 9 months ago
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Genesis 15:5-6
Genesis 15:5-6 (ESV)
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-09-09
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I will give this land forever
This is one of the foundational verses for the dispensational view of the Old Testament. If God said he will give Israel the land of Canaan forever, who are we to say that now that promise has changed…
Created 9 months ago
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Deuteronomy 28:1
Deuteronomy 28:1 (ESV)
"And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-09-05
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-09-05
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-09-05
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Let your light shine
Let your light (good deeds) shine before men. This is the opposite of, focus on telling people in the dark that they're bad for being in the dark.
Created 11 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-04-29
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Satan uses Scripture
Near the beginning of Jonathan Edwards' "Religious Affections," he lists out a number of things that people usually think are proof that an affection is from God (or, that is proof that it's *not* from…
Created over 2 years ago
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By Uriah's.
In a series on unlikely women in Jesus' genealogy, Andy Stanley made a big point about how Bathsheba isn't mentioned by name - she's called "Uriah's wife." The point is that Matthew wasn't trying to skip…
Created over 2 years ago
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Philippians 4:4
Philippians 4:4 (ASV)
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: christianhedonism
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Philippians 4:4
Philippians 4:4 (ASV)
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: joy
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Psalm 63:5
Psalm 63:5 (ASV)
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: satisfaction
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Psalm 63:1
Psalm 63:1 (ASV)
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: christianhedonism
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Psalm 63:1
Psalm 63:1 (ASV)
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: joy
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Psalm 63:5
Psalm 63:5 (ASV)
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: christianhedonism
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Psalm 63:5
Psalm 63:5 (ASV)
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: joy
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Matthew 13:44
Matthew 13:44 (ASV)
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: christianhedonism
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Matthew 13:44
Matthew 13:44 (ASV)
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: joy
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Matthew 13:44
Matthew 13:44 (ASV)
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: kingdom
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Philippians 4:4
Philippians 4:4 (ASV)
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.Created about 3 years ago
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Are you experiencing peace with God?
This was a huge question for me last year. I was going through a lot of depression and anxiety. I knew I wanted to experience peace with God, but that I wasn't experiencing it. Finally I realized that,…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Another Reason I Prefer the NASB
The Greek doesn't have "test and approve" (NIV) or "by testing you may discern" (ESV) - it has one word, "prove" (NASB). The word does have both the sense of testing and approving, but the NIV makes it…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Another Reason I Prefer the NASB
The Greek doesn't say "so much immorality" (NIV) or "temptation to sexual immorality" (ESV) or "to avoid fornication" (KJV) - it just says "because of immoralities" (NASB). NKJV gets this one right, too.
Created almost 4 years ago
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"It is not good" is not about feeling lonely
This verse says very little about whether or not singles should feel lonely. First, it is God and not Adam speaking; for all we know, Adam may have thought it was perfectly fine to be alone. Second,…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Did Adam walk with God?
This verse is the source of one of my Bible-interpretation pet peeves :-) Have you ever heard someone say, "God designed us for relationship with himself - after all, Adam walked with God in the garden…
Created almost 4 years ago