Tag: christian
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Stand (1-minute read)
10Finally, be strong in the Lord…that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil… 13 that you may be able to withstand…and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore…To that end, keep alert with all perseverance…, making supplication…–Ephesians 6 (abbreviated for theme)
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A Husband’s Love
25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without…
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3 Reasons You Need the Church [1-minute read]
11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of…
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God’s Wider Tent
6This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.–Ephesians 3 Promises were once made by God to Abraham and his descendants. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great,…
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Three Salvation Questions [1-minute read]
1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins…4But God…5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ…8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast.–Ephesians 2 (abbreviated…
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The Oldest Verse in the Bible
4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence.–Ephesians 1 Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed…
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Fear As a Theological Response
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.–Proverbs 1 This word for ‘fear’ occurs 18 times in the Old Testament and each time fear is treated as a category. It is either present or it is not. Some people push back here and say that this verse makes it sound like…
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Contentment or Excuses
8…give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the food that is needful for me,9lest I be full and deny youand say, “Who is the LORD?”or lest I be poor and stealand profane the name of my God.–Proverbs 30 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ…
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Are You Hasty?
20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.—Proverbs 29 Hasty is other times in the Bible translated as ‘rash.’ The Apostle Peter is the obvious biblical character who struggled with this. Many times in the Gospels he seemed hasty in his words.…
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Hope for the Prodigal
7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.–Proverbs 28 It almost seems impossible that Jesus didn’t have this proverb on his mind when he gave his famous parable about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. Let’s use that passage to illustrate. A father had…
Joel M Bradshaw 