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O mundane grace, how dull the sound, What’s grace, and why do I need it? Though I may [...] In a recent bible study I attended, the leader said that God’s first covenant with mankind was with Abraham in which God promised that He would give Abraham innumerable descendents and set aside a land for them. This covenant is found in Genesis 15:5-18. While this is a very important covenant, and was one of [...] Welcome to our bible study. Today we will be covering Paul’s letters; all of them. We might even throw in Hebrews if we have time. Open your bibles to Romans 1:1 and follow along as I read, “Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, set apart for the gospel of God,” Well that’s all the time we [...] “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 One of the best ways to begin to properly interpret an individual verse of scripture is to look at the action verbs. These verbs almost always [...] A very long time ago, when I worked for the Kent State University Museum, I saw a piece of artwork at the Canton Museum of Art. It was called, “Concerned With Many Issues.” I wanted to find a photo of it online to share with you, but had no success finding any reference to it. [...]
To my dear readers, (both of you) I would like to wish you and your family a very happy and memorable Christmas. The whole reason we celebrate is to commemorate the greatest gift ever given. Christmas is the time to honor Jesus of Nazareth, God the Son, the Son of [...] There’s a scene early in the movie “The Shawshank Redemption” where a character named Red, played by Morgan Freeman, sits before a parole board that is reviewing his case to consider whether he should be released from prison.
PAROLE BOARD MEMBER: We see by your file you’ve served twenty years of a life sentence. [...] I’m now winding down now from a long day at my in-laws and feeling very thankful to be home with my family. We are watching the Disney movie Cars and I am contemplating another piece of pumpkin pie. In Tabletalk magazine today, the scripture reading was Ephesians 2:1-10 and I’ve reproduced it below with a change [...] A. Mankind started out living with God, our maker, in a very personal, intimate way that nobody can imagine today. Then Adam and Eve sinned and we became separated from this way of being with God. The Gospel is God’s way of getting us back into this communion or fellowship by saving us from sin [...] |
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