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A Soft (and Wise) Answer
Today’s reading: Judges 7:1-8:35 In today’s reading we come across a magnificent example of how “a soft answer turns away wrath.” This is...
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Mar 21, 2016
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Covering for Sin
Today’s reading: Genesis 9:18-12:9 Now we come to the incident of Noah’s drunkenness and his sons’ reactions to it. Here is a poignant...
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Jan 4, 2016
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His Wrath and His Joy
Scripture reveals a God of wrath and joy. He is angry with sin but also delighted with His redeemed people. Today’s reading: Zephaniah...
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Dec 24, 2015
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A Time to Love; a Time to Hate
To hate what God hates is good, but not if we do not love what God loves. Today’s reading: Hosea 9-11; Revelation 2 8 How can I give you...
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Dec 11, 2015
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Overcoming Faith
Believers in Jesus Christ should expect changed lives and victory over the world. Today’s reading: Daniel 7-8; 1 John 5 14 And to him was...
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Dec 6, 2015
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The Man Who Stood in the Breach
Those who trust in the Man who stood in the breach must show mercy and not partiality toward others. Today’s reading: Ezekiel 22-23;...
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Nov 20, 2015
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Use and Abuse of Authority
All authority comes from God, but it must be used in God-honoring ways. Today’s reading: Jeremiah 36-37; Philemon 23 As Jehudi read three...
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Nov 3, 2015
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God’s Love
Two things are true of those who find God’s forgiveness and restoration, they recognize their sinful unworthiness, and they recognize...
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Nov 2, 2015
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Competition for Glory
When God is ignored or rejected, the vacuum left is filled with something else, something which usurps the glory due to Him. Today’s...
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Oct 25, 2015
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Conscience: Good or Bad?
Those whose consciences no longer function are not content to merely destroy themselves but they seek to bring others down with them....
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Oct 21, 2015
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Don’t Put Out the Fire
Beware, Christians, we can act in ways that seriously jeopardize our relationship with the Holy Spirit. Today’s reading: Isaiah 62-64; 1...
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Oct 17, 2015
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Distress and Comfort
While the Christian rests in his relationship to God through Christ, he is not unaffected by the circumstances of everyday life,...
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Oct 15, 2015
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