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Who Can the Kingdom Touch?
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be…
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The “Problem” of Violence in the OT
The “problem” mostly lies with us, but we still need to address it. THIS SERIES could be helpful to our understanding.
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The Invitation of the Greatest Teacher
In American Christianity, we are too quick to count hands raised instead of telling people honestly, “Put your hand down and come check this out for awhile. See if it makes sense. See if deep really calls to deep. Don’t give me your hand now! Check it out and then give Jesus your life.” We need a more bold call…
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Good news about 1 Chronicles
The first 9 chapters can go fairly quickly. Unless you really want to battle insomnia reading genealogies.
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Where Now is the God of Elijah?
There is a quote that was famous in a couple of movies I’ve seen over the years. Turns out it’s from a book on “spirituality” by Marianne Williamson. The full quote is HERE. I am not trying to promote books like that, but the quote has one line that needs to be embedded in my own thinking: Your playing small…
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Holding onto dreams past the expiration date
When Hezekiah cleaned out the temple, one of the things cleaned out was the bronze serpent used by Moses in the Book of Numbers. When the serpents were attacking the Israelites, Moses was instructed to make a bronze serpent and hold it up. When the Israelites looked to the bronze serpent, they would be saved from the snake bites. One…
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Don’t Ignore the King
Jesus came demonstrating and proclaiming the Kingdom of God. When the King steps into his realm and things begin to happen, a response is naturally called for. What are you going to do? A wise decision may be to turn around and follow the King. This is Jesus’ advice (Matt. 4:17). You don’t “have” to follow it. But I would suggest it’s…
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The Divine Math
OA+DA=GV One of my heroes in ministry spoke at our church yesterday and he gave us this formula from 2 Kings 4, the story of the widow and Elisha. She was in debt and the creditors were going to take her children as slaves. Elisha had her take the little oil she had and begin pouring it into every vessel…
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Conviction Wasn’t Always a Bad Word
2 Kings 22 Josiah heard the Book of the Law read and then tore his clothes. He was broken. He allowed the words of the Lord to tear into his heart. He didn’t sit stroking his chin and contemplating the words. “Well, should I obey or not?” His heart was shredded. We work so hard to make sure we don’t…
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Sometimes You Just Need to Get Fed Up
Good kings were rare in Judah. They were non-existent in the northern kingdom of Israel. 2 Kings 18 begins the story of Hezekiah. He is not the first righteous king, but he takes serving the Lord to another level. When good kings followed God, they usually left the “high places.” They didn’t tear down everything that didn’t point Judah to the…
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