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Spiritual DNA
This is a repost from last year. As I am reading 1 John for “Eat This Book” at our church, I was reminded of the Common English Bible’s rendering of this passage. 9 Those born from God don’t practice sin because God’s DNA remains in them. They can’t sin because they are born from God. 10 This is how God’s children and the devil’s…
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The Living and Active Word of God
We are on our way as our church starts into reading the New Testament this summer. The order of how we will read the New Testament is HERE. It was exciting to have our “launch” last night. We discussed the issues we are facing as believers in today’s culture. We talked about the struggles of communicating faith effectively, living out…
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Today on Pentecost Sunday BE the Church God Intended
We need a refreshing touch, a new outpouring. We need a fresh reminder of how much we need him, and how lame our efforts are without him. We make too much noise and think it’s God. We need the NOISE of a mighty wind that makes it clear… this is God. When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one…
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The Price of Pentecost
Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. It is celebrated worldwide in the Church. Pentecostals think we’re the only ones who know anything about this. I know that was my mentality for years. Then, I find out the whole Church has a liturgy for this day! One of the prayers for the day: To a world dry and thirstyGod has poured out Living…
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The True Power of the Spirit
One of my favorite verses in the entire Bible is Romans 8:11 11 If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your human bodies also, through his Spirit that lives in you. We truly live in the power of the Spirit.…
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The Common English Bible and “Flesh”
One of the small translation choices of the NIV was the use of “sinful nature” over the straight use of the Greek word “flesh.” When the TNIV was published, then trashed, and the Committee for Bible Translation decided to back everything up and start over, the one surprise for me out of the whole process was they decided to move…
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The Power of the Spirit – From Confusion to Clarity
The walk through Romans 6-8 is more like a roller coaster ride. There is the power of salvation, being set free from the bondage of sin, in Chapter 6. Then, there is the confusion we have in our own lives when we struggle with what we know TO do while we fall into the temptation of doing the exact opposite.…
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Something or Someone WILL Own You
Slave to sin… or slave to righteousness? Either way, you’re owned. Something vies for control. Something vies for allegiance. Christ has come to set us free. That freedom leads to new “ownership.” The terms of slavery are used, but freedom is found in the new “ownership.” We are headed into the Pentecost Sunday. It is a celebration of the Day…
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Are You Dead Yet?
One of my favorite fun movies is Cool Runnings. It’s a comedy about the Jamaican bobsled team. When the team would crash in practice, the driver would ask, “Sanka, are you dead, mon?” He would answer, “Yeah, mon.” We need to remember this as believers. We need to realize we are dead to the old life. The life of sin…
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Quit Hanging Around the Corpse
We have a fascination with death, being dead, being undead, etc. I am not even going to attempt to categorize any of it because I pay very little attention to it and all I will get are comments about how I mis-categorized something. My point is this: we need to quit hanging around the corpse. Once something is dead, leave…
Category: Translations
