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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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Apr 2, 2017
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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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Mar 17, 2017
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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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Mar 14, 2017
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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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Mar 3, 2017
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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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Mar 1, 2017
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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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Feb 28, 2017
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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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Feb 18, 2017
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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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Feb 12, 2017
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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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Jan 30, 2017
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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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Jan 21, 2017
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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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Dec 15, 2016
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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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Nov 21, 2016
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