Tag: Gospel
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Worthy of the Gospel
27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28and not frightened in anything…
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The Curse of Jesus [1-minute read]
12On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14And he said to it, “May no…
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Appreciate the Journey [1-minute read]
22And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24And…
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Did Jesus Need to Be a Real Human?
7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.–2 John The Apostle John faced an earlier form of Gnosticism affecting some of the churches. One of the features of this heresy was to promote that Jesus didn’t really come in the flesh,…
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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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Don’t Give Up!
9And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.—Galatians 6 I once pastored a slowly-ending small church for its final 10 years. And during some of those leaner, depressing years various people questioned why we still existed. I remember church meetings when…
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A Tale of Two Kings
10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.–Exodus 11 Today’s chapter served as a warning for Pharaoh concerning the dreadful 10th plague. I want to offer a contrast. The king in Jonah’s day was just as…
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Which Son Are You?
3He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.–Proverbs 29 This proverb links with a parable of Jesus. So let your mind travel to Jesus telling the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. His crowd WAS WITH this proverb. The older son in the parable was…
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New and Reconciled
17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting…
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The Smell Test
15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.–2 Corinthians 2 I am the primary cook in my house. And this means that I need to know…
Joel M Bradshaw 