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The Cost of Loving Your Neighbor
It’s easy to say, “I will love my neighbor as myself,” but it is quite another thing to do that. Read on to meet two contrasting...
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Apr 6, 2017
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Women of Faith and Action
Two very unlikely women became role models for us of faith and action. Find out why they were unlikely and what they did to merit such...
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Mar 31, 2017
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Hated, Excluded, Reviled, Spurned, Blessed
What? Hated, Excluded, Reviled, Spurned, Blessed. This is how Jesus described His disciples. An odd group of words and an odd group of...
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Mar 28, 2017
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Watchfulness: good and bad
Jesus said be watchful for His return. Moses warned against a bad watchfulness that leads to sinful disobedience. Do you know the...
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Mar 11, 2017
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Not Far from the Kingdom of God
Jesus told a scribe that he was not far from the kingdom of God. What made Him say this? Would Jesus say that about you? Learn more in...
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Mar 9, 2017
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Keeping Your Soul
Spiritual leaders give careful instructions and urgent warnings to their disciples. Moses did. Jesus did. Will we learn from them?...
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Mar 7, 2017
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The Obedient Life: Cost and Rewards
Through the ages, God’s people learn that great blessing comes through being obedient to Him no matter the cost. May we learn this...
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Mar 4, 2017
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Bear Fruit and Be Blessed
God wills that His people be blessed and flourishing. But God’s blessings depend on something else, something for which we are...
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Feb 21, 2017
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Eternal Family Ties
Does your human family have problems? Rejoice, if you have been adopted into the Father’s family by the new birth, you are tied...
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Feb 20, 2017
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Death at Church
Does God care how we worship Him? Two priests once believed He does not. The result was death. Death at church. Find out more in...
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Feb 10, 2017
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The Gift Acceptable to God
What can we, mere humans, give to God? There is nothing that He needs, but there is something He wants from us. Something He finds...
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Feb 9, 2017
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Can We Please God?
God is not a capricious tyrant. His commands are good, He provides a sacrifice for our sins. And He is pleased with us when we believe...
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Feb 7, 2017
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