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If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. —Luke 9:23 A couple of days ago I had lunch with the daughter of one of our missionaries who was visiting in the states. She is 30 years old, unmarried, and has spent most of …
One of my favorite stories in the Bible is 2 Kings 11. Athaliah murders her grandsons who were heirs to David’s throne so she could sit on the throne herself. But unbeknownst to her, a one-year-old grandson named Joash was rescued and hidden in the house of the Lord for six years (2 Kings 11:3). …
“…and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body…” —Ephesians 1:22-23 “And he is the head of the body, the church:” —Col. 1:18 A person may “go” to church without “being” the church. I see this happen all time. A person comes to our church… sits in …
The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. —John 2:11 We are exhorted to be zealous for God—“It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing” (Gal. 4:18). Titus 2:14 tells us, ”Christ gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar …
“Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus… lest ye wearied and faint in your minds” —Hebrews 12:2-3 The Christian life is likened to running a race. It is a race of endurance—Of not quitting or giving up. Anyone who has run a marathon or half marathon knows …
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; —Romans 3:23 While my wife an I were getting some R&R at a river-side cabin recently, there was a place to pitch horse-shoes. I hadn’t played horse-shoes in years, so I thought I’d check it out. To my surprise, I threw a ringer …