Tag: gospel
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Servants and Stewards
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. (1 Corinthians 4:1) The church in Corinth was experiencing some division as people aligned themselves behind either Paul or Apollos. But Paul and Apollos weren’t leading factions. They didn’t want to. They wanted the church to be…
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Weekend Reads 4/18
Here are a few links we found interesting or worthwhile this week, and we pass them on to you for reading over the weekend. Keep It To Yourself – “You’re not just asking me to keep my personal beliefs to myself. You’re asking me to totally disregard you as a person made in God’s image.…
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Words of Eloquent Wisdom
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. (1 Corinthians 1:17) Most of us, even non-christians, are impressed with eloquent preachers. They are impressive. They wear nice clothes, they have it all together,…
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Acts 3:11-26
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness. (Acts 3:26) Peter and John were “going up to the temple”. As they entered the temple, they saw a lame man begging for money. The lame beggar was situated next to the…
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feel the fire
For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire…
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your God reigns
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” (Isaiah 52:7) This is a coffee cup verse if ever there was one. Yet I think that removed from its context and…