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Truth be told, human beings are a pretty filthy race. Even though as a whole we have improved in our hygiene (I am talking in terms of hygiene right now, rather than sin) over the past several centuries, we are far from being …
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Recapture Your First Love!
One of the primary instructions God gives us through Joel's prophecy—along with a command to fast—is, "Rend your heart, and not your garments" (Joel 2:13). In thinking about this, I was not sure how to "rend" my heart. We all know how to …
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The Narcissism of Small Differences
We live in a culture driven by an ideology centered around individualism. People spend their free time trying to carve out unique identities for themselves, striving to distinguish themselves from their neighbors in every facet of their …
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James 2:1
(1) My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
Instead of "partiality," the King James Version reads "respect of persons." In many ways, "respect of persons" is a plainer translation of the Greek, since that is exactly what the apostle is fighting: church members respecting some …
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Not-So-Great Expectations
by David C. GrabbeNear the beginning of his gospel, John makes an astonishing declaration. Though it may be familiar to us, having read it often, its singularity should still electrify us: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). To the Greek mind, that a god—let alone the God—would debase himself by becoming flesh and blood was preposterous. John's announcement was a psychological earthquake, a force that violently shook reality, requiring a reevaluation of all thought. As fanta
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In a scene from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the title character says to his friend, “There are more things in heaven and earth, …
The church of God has long linked the return of Jesus Christ in Revelation 11:15 to the Feast of Trumpets. While we do not know the exact …
For the sake of argument, let's assume you have decided that Christmas is not the horrible evil you once thought it was. Maybe this year …
Late in the first week of December, the Trump administration released the president's 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS), a document …
“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall,” writes the apostle Paul in I Corinthians 10:12. Using …
The seventh and final festival of the year is the Eighth Day, which occurs on the day immediately following the conclusion of the Feast …
