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There was once a young man, just recently graduated from a fine school, and he was full of ideals and imagination. We will call him Sam. Sam dreamed of being a great and famous author, someone like Twain or Tolstoy or Dickens, an author …
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The Godly Purpose for Music
"Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the Lord on all kinds of instruments." —II Samuel 6:5 Few subjects have generated more conflicts than the kinds of music one should listen to or the kind of music best …
The members of the early Corinthian church held a keen interest in spiritual gifts. The congregation's founder, the apostle Paul, notes early in his first epistle to those in Corinth that God had "enriched [them] in everything," …
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Luke 18:2-8
(2) saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. (3) Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, 'Get justice for me from my adversary.' (4) And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard man, (5) yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.'" (6) Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. (7) And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? (8) I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
Jesus compares God, not with a good man, but with a godless man to emphasize the vast difference between this unjust judge and the righteous God. The conduct of the unjust judge exposes the chaotic and corrupt judgments in which he had …
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Here I Am! (Part Two)
by James C. StoertzIn Part One, we saw how many Old Testament heroes of faith responded to God’s call to service with “Here I am,” a frequent translation of the Hebrew word hinneni. The same response occurs in the New Testament, with faithful men answering with idou, its Greek counterpart: Ananias: The man whom God used to heal and baptize Saul of Tarsus does not receive enough credit for his faith and courage. Ananias knew that this Saul had been persecuting followers of Jesus. But when God summons him to be His emissary to Saul, he responds immediately with “Here I am, Lord.” Notice Acts 9:10-11: Now there …
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