Tag: society
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Two Key Verses
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.–Matthew 16 I [Paul] have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son…
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Unity and Division
1Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted, “We have no share in David, no part in Jesse’s son! Every man to his tent, Israel!” 2So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of…
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Is Your Heart Steadfast About the Right Things?
7My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. –Psalm 57
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Opposition [1-minute read]
“…When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. 7But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. 8With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord.…
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Jesus Believed in Genesis
4He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female…–Matthew 19 Jesus was making an argument against divorce and this was his first point. But this simple sentence is so counter-cultural today that we need to pause and consider. This verse makes three powerful statements. In the…
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Your How is as Important as Your What
14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.–Proverbs 27 Many of us live in this anti-social age where we might not even speak to our neighbors more than a “Hi” or a “How’s it going?” So the idea of saying anything good or bad in…
Joel M Bradshaw 