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Endure to be Offered
Read more: Endure to be OfferedIt is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? (Hebrews 12:7, ESV) The readers of Hebrews understood the word endure. For them is meant a hard struggle with sufferings, they were publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and…
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Worn out by worry
Read more: Worn out by worryWorry is a common temptation for all of us. The source of the anxiety might vary from person to person, but no one is completely immune. For some, it’s even a favorite pastime, occupying large portions of their days by troubling over their doubts and fears about the future. Obsessing over those doubts and fears…
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Testimony in Adversity
Read more: Testimony in AdversityAbout the three fiends of Daniel who chose not to bow before the image of King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2), Don Carson writes: Their basic courtesy and respect are undiminished, however bold their words. They are completely unwilling to apologize for their stance. The wise believer never apologizes for God or for any of his attributes.…
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The troubled king who found piece
Read more: The troubled king who found pieceNebuchadnezzar was a troubled man before he met Daniel and the living God. The king’s dream about the statue out of gold, silver, bronze and iron/clay really troubled him (Daniel 2). He had to know what it means. So he called in his wise men: magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers – more or less the…
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God and time
Read more: God and timeOne of the most enigmatic questions of philosophy and theology relates to the nature of time. Was the universe created in time, or was it created along with time? Did time exist before creation, or did it come into being with creation? Most classical theologians affirm that time correlates with creation. That is, before matter…
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The Lord has provided
Read more: The Lord has providedThere is this very profound statement in 2Chronicles 3:1 “Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.” Hundreds of years earlier Mount Moriah is…
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Our God is greater than all other gods
Read more: Our God is greater than all other godsDavid died with one desire unfulfilled: he wanted to build a temple for the Lord. God did not allow him to build it, because he was a man who had shed a lot of blood (1Chron 28:3). He did prepare everything for the building of the temple and instructed his son Solomon to build it. …
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A respected member of the family
Read more: A respected member of the familyListen to this story told by someone some time ago: “I remember the time when all of us, after the evening meal, gathered around the Word of God. My father led us and read from the Holy Book. All of us got a chance to pray, and then, with reverence Dad would pray for the…
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