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And Such Were Some Of You
1Corinthians 6:9 “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were ...
Part 6: His Call For You
His Call For You To Understand His Truth 1Corinthians 2:14 “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” We discussed above that it is salvation that Jesus talked about as being ...
"Through Many A Sleepless Night"
I have never slept well. Even as a kid I don’t think I can remember having an easy time getting to sleep or staying asleep. Sometimes this can be a very discouraging problem. There are so many things a person wants to accomplish, and it can be very difficult to do with little (or sometimes ...
Jesus My Saviour, My Friend, My Coming King
Who has loved me more than Jesus, when He bore my sin away? As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed my transgressions from me. Oh what a Saviour! Mighty Redeemer is He! He took my shame and bore God’s wrath to set this captive free. And now what ...
A Purpose For Suffering
When I was off work this summer, experiencing a lot of pain with my fibromyalgia, I was working on an article entitled “Purposes In Suffering.” Purpose number seven was “that we may primarily seek Christ as our refuge above anything or anyone else.” That we may primarily seek Christ as our refuge above anything or ...
My World (But Not My Home)
This is my world, but it is not my home. As if constantly walking against the rushing tide, or a fearsome rage of wind, onward I press one step at a time. Dare I not look back at all the crowds of people, who bustle about laughing, easily carried by the wind as if it ...
Racism and Abortion: Is There Common Ground?
Psalm 82:3-4 “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; Maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” Racism I recently finished reading a historical, fictional series, based on events surrounding the American Civil War. I began ...
In The Midst Of Trials
I think I wrote this poem around the same time last year, when I was going through very difficult times. I thought I’d post it as I haven’t had time to work on anything new lately. I hope that it may encourage someone who is in the midst of trials to perservere in their ...