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Living By Faith: God's Justice
by John W. Ritenbaugh
I am going to continue today to cover the elements I believe are necessary to continuously living by faith, and I emphasize the word “continuously.” Living by faith is not easy because just as gravity pulls us toward the earth, human …
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The Spiritual Hard Hat Zone
by David F. MaasHow much continuous spiritual progress have we made through the years? How many of us have nagging doubts that our heavenly Father and our elder brother Jesus Christ can work with us to get the job of our conversion and salvation done? …
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The Heart of a Leader (Part Two)
by David C. GrabbeDavid was not like the elites in academia and politics, who reside in ivory towers and have little idea of what the average person's life is like in the real world. David, however, was accustomed to close involvement with his charges. …
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Luke 14:26-33
(26) "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. (27) And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. (28) For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— (29) lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, (30) saying, "This man began to build and was not able to finish"? (31) Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? (32) Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. (33) So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
Jesus draws attention to the disciple's closest relatives, those a person would normally expect would be those most likely to give comfort and aid in a time of need. Yet, in this case, the irritants were differences regarding deeply …
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The Same Mind, Judgment, and Speech (Part One)
by David C. GrabbeBack in late-2001, my wife Mikele and I took advantage of the cheap airfares that followed the events of September 11 that year, spending several weeks in England, Scotland, and Wales. While in Scotland, we visited the renowned Loch Ness and took a bus tour around areas of the lakeshore. Throughout the tour, we heard various opinions from our tour guide and fellow tourists about the infamous Loch Ness monster's existence. Some held that something was in the lake and that not all the reports could be coincidental. The more skeptical maintained that not enough concrete evidence existed. As …
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