What better testimony to true life could there be than to discover the so-obvious limitation of a system that only stresses good behavior?…
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April 6, 2015 (Viewed 6,054 times)
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There is nothing so worthwhile as discovering that HE is our very real strength. It’s one thing to say it. It’s another to have become convinced of it by...
May 15, 2015 (Viewed 4,751 times)
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If you’re like me, dealing with an invisible God often leaves me wondering where He is, especially as I sit in the chair I’m now confined to. Why doesn’t He come and visit me? Why does He seem to...
April 10, 2016 (Viewed 4,364 times)
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The knowing resonates within us convincing us of what is real
July 8, 2015 (Viewed 4,358 times)
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What many Christian leaders have done with the truth of Christ is akin to performing an autopsy. They’ve taken that which is alive and have killed it, laid it out on a slab and cut it open...
December 18, 2015 (Viewed 3,154 times)
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How is that so many who claim to be following the Biblical edicts regarding the conscience so often overlook the simple reality of the “cleansed conscience” through the once and for all sacrifice...
August 1, 2015 (Viewed 2,541 times)
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Do you not realize that the grace of God provides no basis, no foundation for license or licentiousness? Just a simple consideration of license should make it clear that it revolves around ...
March 14, 2015 (Viewed 2,457 times)
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Do not pay attention to the lie built upon appearances, for Christ is not the end of life but the beginning of it. Just because we can’t see God with our fleshly eyes or touch him with our...
May 8, 2015 (Viewed 2,409 times)
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Paul claimed to know nothing among the believers except Christ and him crucified. Was he referring to a crucifix? If not, did he imply that Christians should always keep the events of his death at...
April 21, 2016 (Viewed 2,281 times)
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You know, in the face of so many conflicting opinions and so-called facts, I constantly realize how often I must have appeared the fool to those around me…
February 24, 2015 (Viewed 2,276 times)
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Religion breeds greed in spite of the fact that it pretends it’s doing it all for God
April 16, 2015 (Viewed 2,154 times)
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A brother wanted to pray with me recently, and so he launched his requests to, I think it was supposed to be, God. But I’m also thinking that most of what he prayed was meant for my...
February 8, 2015 (Viewed 2,110 times)
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We have been freed in Christ to truly be alive. That includes the experiencing of the broken-heart, for it is a gift of God to us as through the pain we experience the suffering of Jesus ...
November 3, 2015 (Viewed 2,088 times)
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Know this: The good news has been continuously bearing fruit in you as it also does throughout the world
October 19, 2015 (Viewed 2,068 times)
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Even if you were to keep the commandments as you have come to understand them, you would not be keeping them, because keeping has to do with
November 20, 2015 (Viewed 2,033 times)
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A quick internet search can provide an almost endless number of links offering how-to guides, seminars, and programs with various steps on how to find yourself. You would think that with all the...
January 21, 2015 (Viewed 2,008 times)
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If, through Christ, the understanding is already within believers why do so few understand?
April 25, 2015 (Viewed 1,987 times)
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Maybe if we stopped trying to divide Christians up into logical sounding groups we might realize there is only one life of Christ…
March 31, 2015 (Viewed 1,914 times)
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Whatever God had actually spoken to individuals in times past - whether recorded or not - ultimately testified of Christ, who is the EVERYTHING of God. Somehow, though,...
March 18, 2016 (Viewed 1,876 times)
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I find it amazing how the Christian focus on Bible study and Bible knowledge keeps silently demanding that somehow it is still supposed to be a major part of the end result of knowing Christ...
September 30, 2015 (Viewed 1,871 times)
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How much can one sin and get away with it?
August 15, 2015 (Viewed 1,859 times)
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Pictures of Jesus. You've seen them … they're everywhere. Not sure what Jesus looks like? Seek and you shall find hundreds, if not thousands. There are images of baby Jesus, boy Jesus, grown-up...
January 12, 2016 (Viewed 1,849 times)
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Men who turn the grace of God into license are those who use the law to their own advantage. These are not those who are free from the law but instead those who have learned to manipulate the law...
April 3, 2015 (Viewed 1,802 times)
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Despite evidence to the contrary, we are blessed beyond all measure, for our true life is not bound to this world!
April 13, 2016 (Viewed 1,791 times)
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Christ actually accomplished something. He brought us INTO life, INTO himself, INTO God. He has become our very life,...
March 7, 2016 (Viewed 1,763 times)
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Do you believe that standing up for Jesus means that you need to go out and stir up trouble?
July 24, 2015 (Viewed 1,746 times)
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The message is the same. It is the knowledge of Christ Jesus the One who was crucified and raised again. It is everything involved in the reality of what He accomplished on the cross. Through...
January 30, 2015 (Viewed 1,730 times)
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Do we not understand that whether we fail to meet expectations, meet expectations or even exceed expectations that we are living in view of expectations? Isn’t it clear that living according...
February 1, 2016 (Viewed 1,695 times)
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Today's dig is an announcement. My wonderful wife and I celebrate 40 years of marriage! ...
June 13, 2015 (Viewed 1,673 times)
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If your thoughts are reacting to the premise that it’s okay to sin, you need to first consider that in Christ we have been made dead to sin and alive to God..
March 25, 2015 (Viewed 1,624 times)
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Justification
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The justification we have in Christ has no similarity to the justification being sought in the world. It is rather the insanity of the futile mind that has corrupted the simplicity of the good news. source