John 1 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.[b] 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
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On one occasion Jesus asked the Pharisees what they thought of the Christ (Matt. 22:42). In context, the question pressed for an acknowledgment of the Lord’s true nature as the Son of God. But like many other things asked by biblical characters, this question has assumed a life of its own. That is, it’s worthy…
Suffering is inescapable. Some people battle sickness – relentless pain, clinical depression, spinal cord injuries and paralysis, cancer. Others wrestle with the mental anguish caused by childhood abuse, death, family turmoil, or divorce. In developing countries human suffering often means hunger, lack of medical care, and the endless nightmare of civil war or oppressive dictatorship.…
Naaman, commander of the Syrian army, was a leper. After hearing from a Hebrew captive in his household that a prophet in Samaria could cure leprosy, Naaman traveled to Israel and arrived at Elisha’s door. The man of God instructed the decorated general to “go and wash in the Jordan seven times” (2 Kings 5:10).…
Psalm 95:2-3 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
By Brent Smith [Brent is the preaching minister of the Trenton Church of Christ in Trenton, TN.] Is a child born with guilt inherited from dad and mom? God answers with a resounding “No.” In the 18th chapter of his prophetic book, Ezekiel says that “the soul who sins shall die. The son shall not…
Psalm 23:6 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
(Author Unknown) In my adult Bible class on Sunday morning, I read a letter written to Abigail Van Buren by a woman in Georgia. She explained to the famous advice columnist that her mother and her friends were polite to each other’s faces but habitually critical behind turned backs. The mother defended the behavior as…
Psalm 85:8 8 I will listen to what God the LORD says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly.
After his resurrection Jesus told the disciples that his death had been predicted in the Old Testament. He said that “everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled” (Luke 24:44). Surely, the second psalm was one of the passages Jesus had in mind. Psalm 2…
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