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jacarroll71
Apr 2, 2017
Why we flee light for the darkness
Why do we run from the only Source of all that is true, good, and beautiful? Â The answer is sin makes us love darkness. But In Christ...
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jacarroll71
Mar 17, 2017
Where does sin come from?
Where does sin come from? Does it stem from ignorance or is the problem elsewhere?  God’s word identifies the real source of our...
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jacarroll71
Mar 14, 2017
Handling Overwhelming Guilt
Who of us has not broken a solemn vow of some kind?  Where can we go with our overwhelming guilt?  In Christ there is an answer. Today’s...
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jacarroll71
Mar 3, 2017
A Warning about Causing People to Sin
God will not overlook the evil of causing others, especially His people and little children, to sin. Here is a serious warning to heed....
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jacarroll71
Mar 1, 2017
A Man in Love with the World
Those who love the world and its allurements will learn the price for that love is incalculable. Balaam became a horrible example to...
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jacarroll71
Feb 28, 2017
Was God Unfair to Balaam?
The Lord told Balaam to go with the Moabite princes and, when he went, God was angry with him Do you wonder if God was unfair to Balaam?...
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jacarroll71
Feb 18, 2017
Does Sin Make Us Sick?
Do you wonder if sickness is divine punishment for sin? One man came to Christ for healing, but discovered He gives something even...
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jacarroll71
Feb 12, 2017
Depth of Sin; Pervasiveness of Corruption
The sin and corruption in apparently godly people can shock us. How can we regular people escape? The gospel of Jesus Christ gives us the...
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jacarroll71
Jan 30, 2017
Good Intentions Gone Bad
My failed good intentions show I need someone to bail me out. But I do not deserve it.  Only God’s grace through Christ’s offering can...
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jacarroll71
Jan 21, 2017
Looking for Loopholes in God’s Law
Today’s reading Genesis 49-50; Matthew 15:1-20 Selected verses My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die: in my tomb that I...
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jacarroll71
Dec 15, 2016
Escape from Delusion
Delusion- Is escape possible? The problem with being in a delusion is one cannot recognize it. It seems normal to the deluded person....
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jacarroll71
Nov 21, 2016
Idolatry Unmasked
By worshiping mere inanimate objects, idolaters dishonor God and man, who is made in God’s image. Idolatry needs to be unmasked for the...
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