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New Testament

When We Are Tempted To Complain

MATTHEW 27:27-32 – “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him,…

The Letter to the Church at Ephesus – Part 5

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and…

The Gospel Witness at Work

Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good…

Oh Death, Where Is Your Sting?

1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-57 – “I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the…

Why Obey God?

JOHN 14:15-23 – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.  “I…

The Day After

PROVERBS 4:23 – “Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE DAY AFTER.  Well, it is the day after.  The path of excitement on the festive sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas reached its destination yesterday.  The summit was achieved, and now it is the day after; the day after Christmas. As…