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A Christmas Meditation
For many, Christmastime is a season to celebrate family and friendships, traditions and prosperity, kindness and generosity. But a select few refuse to let the goodness of these elements mask the true greatness of Christmas—they are not so easily satisfied. Fortunately, Christmas provides them with this opportunity. Christ has come! So we can know God! (7 Minutes/1900 Words)
Read moreSunday Sermon: Women Of Christmas, pt. 1: Elizabeth (Luke 1)
Elizabeth was a woman after God's own heart, a woman who lived in fear of the Lord, and through her body, the dawn of the gospel began to break. Her steadfast hope in God, her prophetic counsel as a messenger for God, and her determined obedience to God all paved the way for *the Son of God*.
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Jesus Is the Culmination of God's Plan
(Mark 1:5-7)
Mark uses what most assume to be hyperbole to describe John's popularity. He said, “All the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized.” John was wildly popular, and the masses were coming out to him for this fresh awakening. (4 Minutes/1000 Words)
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The First Christmas
As we stand on the precipice of a new year, we are bound to look back upon our current one. We might discover darkness and difficulty, pain and agony. We might also find light and joy, gladness and goodness. But, since our world labors under the pangs of the curse, travail and hurt lies in the wake of this year. (7 Minutes/1700 Words)
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What Does The Magnificat Say About Mary?
The Magnificat - Part 1
Allow me to introduce you to a much better Christmas song than any modern artist could compose. In the early chapters of Luke, three songs were sung. Simeon sang the third after he held baby Jesus in his arms in the temple. Zechariah sang the second after his wife, Elizabeth, in her old age, bore a son they named John. And Mary sang the first after visiting Elizabeth, a relative, while both of them were pregnant. (7 Minutes/2000 Words)
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What Can Reveal What's Really Going On Inside of Us?
The prophet Zechariah was a wild prophet! He had a vision of a scroll that was flying around the nation of Israel and began revealing what was really going on in the camp. I want the Word of God to be like a flying scroll in my own life, I want His word revealing what’s really inside of me. So everyday I want to be in the Word. We have to let the Word in so the junk comes out so we can become healthier, holier, and more whole. We will be better for it.
Read moreWe wrestle not against flesh and blood. Our fight is in the spiritual dimension and realm. The nations and generations are under the sway and delusions of the wicked one. He attacks God’s people, the church, in an attempt to keep us from the powerful life Ephesians describes for us. (11 Minutes/2000 Words)
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Gospel Scope: Freed by the Spirit
(Romans 8:1-11)
Perhaps, after reading and studying Romans 7, you feel Paul has put the perfect words to your current struggle. There, he eloquently described our ongoing battle with indwelling sin. That which we hope not to do, we do. That which we hope to do, we don’t do. (20 Minutes/3500 Words)
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