Mark led by the Spirit of God is brilliant. His use of the word’s gospel, Christ, and Son of God delivers points #1 - #3. Point #4 is delivered by the use of the Old Testament quote.
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I love all the Gospels. In years past I have written about John and Luke. Next year I will dig into Matthew with its distinctly Jewish background.
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What I am proposing is, over the course of every week, we each spend 15 minutes, about 3 to 4 times a week…and see where God might take us with His Word.
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That definition sets a “high bar” for Scripture engagement. Attaining that high level requires understanding how, as adults, we each can best be drawn into the text. It is no surprise the “best” method varies based on the individual.
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We are not reading Scripture to simply learn. We are reading to be changed by God. “Head knowledge”, understanding what the text says, is certainly a necessary step. Yet it is insufficient in the process of transformation by itself.
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Just like marriage, the degree to which we “do things” is completely a function of the depth of our relationship with the other person. Therefore, the depth of our worship, etc., is a function of how well we know God.
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People today lament the ways of life that are being endorsed by our government. The Light of Christ is getting dimmer in our world. Imagine how dim the Light was in Paul’s world. We should take note of the Letter to Philemon.
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God often asks us to offer GRACE within His Family. At times it doesn’t turn out the way we hope. At other times it does. It almost always comes at personal cost. Who are your close brothers and sisters in Christ?
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Living in the grace of Jesus Christ is less a soft and warm feeling, and more a strong and secure belief, that regardless of this world’s response—nothing can separate you from the love of God.
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Can you list off situations today where followers of Jesus face judgment from this world? Perhaps the range of issues swirling around gender and marriage come to mind. But there are more.
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I identify myself as a follower of Jesus, yet there are parts of me that seem less from Jesus and more from this world.
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Responding with God’s love to a wrong committed against us, and not as the world would have us respond, is a universal challenge.
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Yet, how does the Letter to Philemon help? What is God saying to us? Is there anything that God might want to say to me through the Letter to Philemon?
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Yet God did—His providence is supreme. Not one atom of the universe is beyond His reach. I expect that Ruth did not understand the expanse of The One True Living God when she proclaimed that Naomi’s God would be her God.
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This genealogy is one of the many evidences that God exactly uses broken people; especially those who have come repentantly to him for healing and restoration. He does his best work through these humble saints.
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I grew up in a small town. One of the realities is that more than just your parents keep track of you. I can remember thinking, “I can’t get away with anything!” Tight knit communities do more than keep track of each other’s kids. They experience the ups and downs of life together.
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In marriage the creation of the covenant is communal. The proclamation is public. The witnesses are doing much more than the witnessing of a contract. It is the nothing short of declaring that two have set themselves on a journey of becoming one.
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