Category: Salvation
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Will You Receive the Promised Gift?
In the beginning, God walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day in the Garden of Eden. They enjoyed the intimate presence of God until one day, they chose to eat the fruit of one forbidden tree. After they ate the fruit, they heard God walking in the Garden and calling them. They hid…
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Never Forget the Lesson of Auschwitz
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 Auschwitz is the story of evil, the story of endurance and strength, and the story of good in the midst of unthinkable evil. Bart, our guide at Auschwitz, shared his family’s stories of survival and those of other survivors.…
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Walking in the Way of the Beatitudes
The only PURE, authentic walk came from a man from Nazareth. A poor carpenter. A man baptized by John. A man who spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting. A man who was tempted as we are—and more. A man who preached with authority. A man who touched lepers, healed the blind, gave song to…
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4 butterfly and Christian transformations
“Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that…
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Abundance in the Authentic Christian Walk
Ein Geddi in Israel Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight…
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Come, see where Jesus lay
“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” Matthew 28:6 Now, Christian, change thy note a moment. “Come, see the place where the Lord lay, “with joy and gladness. He does not lie there now. Weep, when ye see the tomb of Christ, but rejoice because it…
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7 Reasons Why This is Good Friday
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34 In His beaten, scourged, punched, spit upon, shamed body, Jesus prayed for His enemies. Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 Between two thieves, Jesus promised eternal life to…
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You can live with Jesus forever!
Finally, the time had arrived. Jesus’ time. The time to show Himself as the long-awaited Messiah. The Great Promise! Jesus mounted a young colt and rode down the Mount of Olives as the crowd hailed Him as King, laying down their cloaks and palm branches before Jesus, their King. As he was drawing near—already on…
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A Review of Max Lucado’s New View of the Old Rugged Cross
“God does what we cannot do so we can be what we dare not dream: perfect before God.” (p. 71) Max Lucado has compiled over 30 meditations from his books to help readers focus upon God’s great grace in The Gift for All People. As Christians around the world are focusing upon the cross, it…
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Jesus’ 7 prayer points … 5 prayer promises
Walking the earth, Jesus proclaimed the arrival of the kingdom of heaven, taught practical living strategies, healed the blind, raised the dead, touched the lepers, fed the thousands, calmed the storm, cleansed the temple, gave power to heal to His disciples, ate with sinners, and washed dirt-covered feet. Now, it was time to…