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True or False Hope?
Jeremiah 28:5-12 describes Hananiah's false prophecy about God breaking Nebuchadnezzar's yoke over Judah. This false prophecy gave them false security, causing an acquiescing into sin and a symbolic replacement of a wooden yoke with an …
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The Rise (Again) of Nations
British Prime Minister Henry Temple (1784-1865), known as Lord Palmerston, remarked in the House of Commons on March 1, 1848: "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and …
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Man's Natural Spirituality
It is not uncommon to hear of hardened soldiers — trained to fight, kill, destroy, cuss, and drink — throwing themselves on grenades to save their buddies. Perhaps we catch a news broadcast about a multimillionaire donating a large chunk …
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Matthew 9:1-8
(1) So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. (2) Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you." (3) And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, "This Man blasphemes!" (4) But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? (5) For which is easier, to say, "Your sins are forgiven you," or to say, "Arise and walk"? (6) But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"—then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." (7) And he arose and departed to his house. (8) Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
In the healing of the paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26), the physician Luke uses a medical term, "palsied" (KJV), the technical Greek word used to describe paralysis from disease in some part of the nervous system. …
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The Subtle Power of Bias (Part Two)
by Joshua MontgomeryAs we saw in Part One, bias—a preset inclination that slants our mindset in a particular direction—is endemic to human nature. Our biases, which spring from our unreliable hearts (Jeremiah 17:9), affect how we regard others and events and even our religious beliefs. A Christian, then, must be aware of his or her biases and seek to train them to mirror God’s righteous perspectives. A telling example of God’s perspective comes from the Old Testament. In I Samuel 16, when God sent Samuel to anoint a new king over Israel, the prophet immediately assumed Eliab, the tall, strong, firstborn son …
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In Ephesians 4:11-16, the apostle Paul famously explains the reasons for Christ's gift of the ministry to His church: “for the …
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For centuries, people have tried to find ways of convincing themselves and others that Christians are not required to observe the Sabbath …
As Amos walked through the nation of Israel, he saw deep problems. As a people, Israel had rejected the truth God had revealed to them, …
Those who watch the signs of the times (Matthew 16:3) see evidence that Jesus Christ's return is near. In Part One, we saw that Jesus …
