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Why People Go To Church? A preacher friend of mine recently sent me this post from Facebook: “When a person goes to church, they are supposed to go to hear the Bible preached, not hear the Band play. Church is about the Bible and Jesus, not the band. If you dropped the band from many …
Jesus of Nazareth Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth. —Acts 22:8 Jesus was referred to as “Jesus of Nazareth,” but never “Jesus of Bethlehem” or “Jesus of Jerusalem.” Nathaniel asked, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Since then, Nazareth has been considered special because of …
A User Friendly Religion “…take thine ease , eat , drink , and be merry” —Luke 12:19 King Jeroboam propagated a “user friendly” religion. He told the his people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem.” (1 Kings 12:28). He spoke these words to shortly after the Kingdom was divided after …
Becoming More Like Christ But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory. —2 Corinthians 3:18 One of the ways we become more like Christ is by close communion with Him. It is true that you become like the …
The Tenderized Heart “God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me.” —Job 23:16 God doesn’t bless hard-hearted people. God uses people with a soft heart… a pliable heart… a tender heart. David said, “my heart is like wax; it is melted…” (Ps. 22:14). “The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a …