November 12, 2016
by Terry Stauffer
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Life Application
| Tags: Idolatry, rebellion, foolishness, Idols
In Romans 3:20, at the end of his shocking description of the universality and horror of sin, the Apostle Paul used the phrase from Psalm 36:1, “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” When there is no fear of God before our eyes, we will turn from him to idols. ...
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November 4, 2016
by Terry Stauffer
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Life Application
| Tags: Idolatry, Worship
One of the key New Testament texts that teaches this truth is Romans 1:18-32. When we exchange the worship of God for the worship of man-made things ...
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October 28, 2016
by Paul Toews
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Life Application
| Tags: true, honorable, just, commendable, worthy of praise
Do you find this difficult to do in today’s word? I do. The world bombards our senses with sexual humour and innuendo, LGBT agendas and concerns, messages of greed and self-indulgence just to name a few things that are anything but what Paul is describing in Phil. 4:8. We are besieged by those things that would appeal to our sinful nature and capture our thoughts....
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October 14, 2016
by Paul Toews
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Life Application
| Tags: Hope, Christ, Christian Life, Glory of God
We live in a dark world, but we bear the light of Christ. His light has dawned in our hearts, but will dawn one day in full consummation. ...
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September 30, 2016
by Gavin Peacock
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Life Application
| Tags: Meekness
So the main point I want to make is that meekness is missional. Paul lists seven virtues in chapter 3 and verses 1 and 2. Notice the last one, “to show perfect courtesy”. The Greek says, endeiknymenous prauteta ...
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September 23, 2016
by Gavin Peacock
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Life Application
| Tags: Meekness
Meek people are teachable people. They welcome God's Word. That word, "receive" means "welcome". To receive is an intellectual exercise in that it means to understand and apprehend what is being taught in the Word....
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September 17, 2016
by Gavin Peacock
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Life Application
| Tags: Meekness
In our meditations on meekness we would do well to seek to understand that phrase, "the meekness of wisdom". What does it mean?...
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September 9, 2016
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Meekness
Psalm 37 is perhaps the best place to look for a biblical definition of meekness. In fact the Beatitude in Matthew 5:5 is taken directly from that Psalm and verse 11. The wording is virtually parallel. Further on in verse 22 we read, "For those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land". In other words the blessed man inherits the land just as the meek man does. So, bless...
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September 2, 2016
by Gavin Peacock
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Life Application
| Tags: Faith, Finance, Health, Meekness, Relationships, Repentance, Vocation
The beginning of true meekness is that we trust in the Lord not ourselves. That's the only way meekness can be produced. Apart from faith it is impossible. That's one of the reasons God presents us with difficult circumstances ...
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August 12, 2016
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Life Application
In the West, we are hearing more and more about the global refugee crisis. Each day we hear reports about the dangers and trials of refugees. From Greece to France to Britain and North America, refugees are looking for a new places to call home....
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