There is an interesting and provocative group of principles or precepts in Proverbs 22:22-24:22; Scripture simply calls them “The Thirty Sayings.” It is implied that to live them we must be mature and settled in…
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The book of Proverbs is about Wisdom. Wisdom may be defined as the art of living skillfully and sanely regardless of the circumstances. The way that we think about and respond to God is not…
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Jesus Christ is the source of every believer’s sufficiency and perseverance. The genuine Christian is eternally secure in their salvation and will persevere and grow as the result of receiving everything necessary to sustain eternal…
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“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into the wonderful light….
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Our culture grows more and more seduced by and addicted to competition. Everything comes with the assumption that there will be winners who are better than losers: every transaction or interaction in economics, sports, religion,…
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Some of the most difficult times in Jewish history were the decades leading up to the fall of Jerusalem and the consequent Babylonian Captivity in 586 BC (which lasted for seventy years). Jeremiah, the prophet…
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Many professing Christians boldly proclaim their beliefs about a book that they have not read in its entirety and rarely read with consistency. For example, nearly fifty percent of the Bible is ignored and neglected:…
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Many are the voices that claim to be speaking for God. It is imperative then that we are able to distinguish and recognize the difference between truth and error. Previously we visited some of the…
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The apostle John, in the first of his three epistles, makes a strong statement, “This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” Using the entirety of the Scriptures as…
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The Scriptures are full of resources to give the followers of Christ strength and encouragement on their pilgrimage. Our journey has led us to several spiritual destinations comparable to Elim, where the Israelites, travelling through…
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