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demanding our rights?!?
How do we deal with this in a country where xtians have so much power and much of our time is devoted to retaining that power or increasing it?
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-12-23
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question yourself
So often I can do things with a Churchy frame of reference, just like Judas. He used the "Christian/religious" viewpoint of helping the poor but his motive was for a very different, self-serving reason.…
Created 7 months ago
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challenge
I think these words of Jesus give a challenge to me and all followers of the Way. Our actions should reveal where we are from. So often the church, gatherings and Christians actions show themselves to…
Created 8 months ago
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not included
Interesting that this story is missing from some manuscripts. This is revolutionary, especially in religious communities. To offer grace and love to a person in the throws of sexual sin, unheard of! But…
Created 9 months ago
John 8:2 (ESV), John 8:3 (ESV), John 8:4 (ESV), John 8:5 (ESV), John 8:6 (ESV), John 8:7 (ESV), John 8:8 (ESV), John 8:9 (ESV), John 8:10 (ESV), John 8:11 (ESV)
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sway God?
So was Jesus' mind changed by His brothers? He made that big speech that He wouldn't go then changed His mind. Does this give me indication that I can change His mind? In matters that the has spoken…
Created 10 months ago
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no good deed...
Ah ha! The kick back from the feeding of 5k. I actually love this because it never seems enough. I am just like Gideon- sure you did that amazing thing in my life, but I want more assurance. Sure you…
Created 10 months ago
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feeding the thousands
I think this story has many layers. Of course there is the miracle of the 5000, the lessons taught to the disciples, the grace & hospitality that Jesus shows. You can google this story and find a dozens…
Created 10 months ago
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John 5:39-40
John 5:39-40 (ESV)
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,Created 10 months ago
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John 3:14-15
John 3:14-15 (ESV)
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,Created 10 months ago
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what we do
"why do you seek the living among the dead". Such a good question, one that we should keep on the tip of our minds at all times. Its what we do, it's sin.
Created 10 months ago
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religion
I think this is about religion (the use of places, things, action and words as a vehicle to get to God). When we take the lessons that Jesus gave us and make new rules to help us maintain those rules…
Created 11 months ago
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never lose heart
But if you never prayed? Is that a lack of faith in God and conversely putting faith in self? Does it mean I didn't have heart in the first place? Or is it just laziness? I think a bit of lazy and…
Created 11 months ago
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1 Kings 18:27
1 Kings 18:27 (ESV)
And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."Created 11 months ago
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bucking religion
Here is a clear example of Jesus bucking or questioning religion. Not only does He heal but he puts it in their face with explanation of how they have misused God's law. I think this should be an inspiration…
Created 11 months ago
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careful hearing
Wow. I have been taught about listening throughout my life but this has escaped me. I think it speaks to more than just really hearing what others are saying (it's saying that) but also to be careful…
Created about 1 year ago
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heart not behavior
It is so interesting that Jesus seeks to serve even those with a different world view and different values. This is not something I have learned from the churches I have been in. At best I have seen "help…
Created about 1 year ago
Luke 7:1 (ESV), Luke 7:2 (ESV), Luke 7:3 (ESV), Luke 7:4 (ESV)
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forgiven/healed by the faith of others
This man was healed and Jesus healed him because of the faith. Of his friends. I am so glad to have brothers and sisters like this man.
Created about 1 year ago
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given freely
There were no follow up questions or expectation that the man must somehow prove himself or his credentials to Jesus. He just asked and Jesus gave freely
Created about 1 year ago
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natural order of things
I wonder if not accepting and being condemned is the natural order of things. As I survey the whole of the Bible and survey creation I see a number of "rules" in place. Just as there are rules that govern…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-05-17
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anointing of Jesus
I have heard this scripture referenced many times to defend what some would say are extravagant spending by the church. Does it really defend that spending? This extraordinary "gift" was a gift directly…
Created about 1 year ago
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gospel proclaimed
I am not "up" on what nations are yet to be proclaimed to, but the thought occurs, "how are we to proclaim?" When we do missions to go " take care" of poor people, is that proclaiming? Or is it more…
Created about 1 year ago
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Revelation 1:1
Revelation 1:1 (MSG)
A revealing of Jesus, the Messiah. God gave it to make plain to his servants what is about to happen. He published and delivered it by Angel to his servant John. And John told everything he saw: God's Word— the witness of Jesus Christ!Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-05-12
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-05-07
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eternally enjoyed or endured
"The truth is that wherever a man lies with a woman, there, whether they like it or not, a transcendental relation is set up between them which must be eternally enjoyed or eternally endured" (96). Screwtape…
Created about 1 year ago
Mark 10:5 (ESV), Mark 10:6 (ESV), Mark 10:7 (ESV), Mark 10:8 (ESV), Mark 10:9 (ESV)
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don't understand the multiplication of the loaves & fishes
It's so easy to read this looking down at the disciples, but how many times have I not understood God's blessings or rescues of me? Often, I don't understand the future ramifications of the blessings…
Created about 1 year ago
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lest they be forgiven? huh?
Ok I don't understand this at all. It takes me back to the whole hardened Pharaohs' hear. It sounds like people are being set up to fail. That ha not been my impression of who God/Jesus is. This requires…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-04-14
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Mercy = ??
A quote of Micah 6:6. In the way that it was used in Micah (and I think it is what Jesus means to imply) it means that God wants us to learn how to have a heart like His and not sacrifice. So, Mercy…
Created about 1 year ago
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What kind of sword are we talking about?
There are certain topics that I have become more sensitive to lately and one of them is the "way of peace". so when I came upon this section (Matthew 10 34- 39) I wanted to dig in to see what Jesus is…
Created about 1 year ago
Matthew 10:34 (ASV), Matthew 10:35 (ASV), Matthew 10:36 (ASV), Matthew 10:37 (ASV), Matthew 10:38 (ASV), Matthew 10:39 (ASV)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-04-04
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-03-29
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Acts 12:1
Acts 12:1 (ASV)
Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.Created about 3 years ago
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