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These posts deal with holiness and righteousness. God our Father is all holy and all righteous. These posts, therefore, address holy and righteous conduct in light of the Father’s nature and our new nature through Him.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness. The beloved apostle brings his epistle to its apex by identifying what differentiates the children of God from the children of the Devil and confronting the gnostic dichotomy between “sin” and “lawlessness” that many believed made it possible to “be righteous” while living in …
Greed has gone largely unaddressed in Western Christianity because it has such a powerful grip on our culture and it can sometimes be difficult to identify, but we have protected greed by veiling it in heavy cloaks of subjectivity so that no one can confront it without being condemned as “judgmental” and “divisive”. Indeed, this …
INTRODUCTION: Vision for Christian Life Opening Prayer: Ephesians 3:16–19 (CSB) — 16 I pray that he may grant [us], according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in [our] inner being through his Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell in [our] hearts through faith. I pray that [we], being rooted …
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Deuteronomy 18:9–14 (CSB) — “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. 10 No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, 11 cast spells, consult a medium or …
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God is offended by the kind of religion that makes room for both "the world" and "Christ"; he does not accept the prayers of those who continue in iniquity. Instead, God gives us greater grace in Christ so that we can cleanse our hands, purify our hearts, and humbly draw near to him through Christ.
Proverbs 22:15 (CSB) Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him. This kind of discipline is counter-intuitive to human nature, and I think most parents naturally detest the idea of spanking their beloved child – indeed I think we should not naturally like to discipline …
The heartbeat of every Christian is the desire to know Christ and enjoy the communion of the Holy Spirit in the presence of God. Let us pursue that burning desire together with all that we are. The following devotions come from: Ancient Christian Devotional: A Year of Weekly Readings: Lectionary Cycle A (p. 247) DEVOTION …
Background: Matthew 23:37 – 24:3 Read & Pray: Matthew 23:37-24:51 The Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 form one prophetic-apocalyptic revelation from Jesus about the destruction of Jerusalem, the coming of Christ, and the end of the age. Literary Analysis One of the first principles of Biblical interpretation is …
My heart often overflows with both sorrow and hope because I see both the great coldness in the Church and the awesome power of the gospel to warm our heart in the presence of Christ; and I have more confidence in the gospel than I have fear of our current condition. This is our Lord’s …
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Psalm 103:1-2 (CSB) My soul, bless the LORD, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 My soul, bless the LORD, and do not forget all his benefits. The true essence of Christian worship is to bring our whole being before the presence of the Lord by his grace to magnify him …
A Dedicated Faith 