Tag: faith
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Urban Legends
10He does not deal with us according to our sins,nor repay us according to our iniquities.11For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12as far as the east is from the west,so far does he remove our transgressions from us.–Psalm 103 Many people…
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Salt
6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.–Colossians 4 When Paul wrote this to the Colossians, he had a Torah principle in mind. Let’s recall the command from Leviticus chapter 2. You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall…
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Intentional [1-minute read]
9…seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.–Colossians 3 As I journey with people who desire to change, I most always lead them through these verses. I have them ponder their old self, their…
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Substance
16Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in…
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First
15[Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16For byf him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he…
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Best [1-minute read]
22Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the LORD or give them to the LORD as a food offering on the altar.–Leviticus 22 I used to be a youth pastor and I remember people in the church wanting to donate old couches and chairs for…
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Mine (1-minute read)
26You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.–Leviticus 20 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are…
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Neighbor
10…You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God….11…you shall not lie to one another….13“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him…15You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great…16You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not…
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Morals and Ethics [1-minute read]
1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. 3You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk…
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Precious Blood
10“If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you…
Joel M Bradshaw 