“The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Lord” (Psalm 9:9-10, HCSB).
What a glorious promise! In any and every trouble we face, our Lord offers strength, comfort, peace, and hope.
Why is it, then, that we sometimes end up turning this promise on its head? When times get tough, some disciples seem to run away from God instead of running to Him. Circumstances in their…
Listed for your consideration, in no particular order, are some of the things to which the Bible attributes our salvation.
The grace of God. “But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are” (Acts 15:11). “…that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7).
The blood of Jesus. “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath…
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"Is there a thing of which it is said, 'See, this is new'? It has been already in the ages before us" (Ecclesiastes 1:10).
Solomon reminds us that there is nothing new. This is important to remember because many things that people say are new are actually the same old tricks repackaged for a new generation.
It's obvious that there is an indescribable amount of division within our country today.
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“Let us behave properly as in the day…not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality” (Romans 13:13).
Not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality. The quaint wording of this phrase in the KJV is “not in chambering and wantonness.” The first term (Greek koitē) literally refers to a bed; here it means sexual immorality (Clinton Hamilton suggested “bed-hopping” as a paraphrase). But what about that second word, “sensuality”? What exactly does Paul mean by that? He tells us to avoid it; how can we, unless we know what it is?
The Greek…
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