Continuing through the Sermon on the Mount, we come to possibly the most preached-on section: being Salt and Light. This has to do with the effect believers can have on the world around them when they live well. Coming out of the Beatitudes, Jesus gets into it. He says, “You are the salt of the […]
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The most famous sermon of Jesus is the Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5-7. It starts with a series of statements defining the kind of people he calls “blessed” in the kingdom of God. But he didn’t come up with these categories out of thin air. Here we are going to look at
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Listed below are my top 5 best egalitarian books for the average Christian. In America today, it is often assumed that the biblical position on the role of women in the church and in the home is the complementarian perspective. I would disagree. And while I am not alone, it can be difficult for the
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Have you ever wondered why God heals some people but not others? Is physical healing provided for by Jesus’ blood as a promise to the Christian? Or are the healings of the Bible just meant to illustrate the spiritual healing that comes to us through faith in Christ? Many believers, myself included, contend that the
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We now come to the second year of Christ’s ministry. It is traditionally referred to as the Great Galilean Ministry, since he spends so much of this time in Galilee. This is the time when he begins to introduce his mission as the Anointed One to his people. For some time up to this point,
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Early in his ministry, Jesus turned water into wine. This was his first miracle, or “sign,” as John likes to call it. Soon after this event, it came time for Jews to celebrate Passover, so Christ and his followers headed to Jerusalem. But things were not as they should have been. As he approached the
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When my daughter was one year old, we had a special sort of game we played. If you have young children, you might relate. As I joined her on the floor, I laid on my back. She used her newest superpower (walking) to waddle around the room, screaming with joy and laughing and growling like
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