Posts with the tag “hope”
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Wickedness Multiplied
September 8th, 2024
Genesis 6:1-8“The point of no return.” This phrase describes the moment or stage in a journey or process in which it is too late to change what you are doing or to reverse your course.The phrase was f... Read More
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The Dragon Wars on Heaven and Earth
July 21st, 2024
The Dragon Wars on Heaven and EarthRevelation 12:7-17John gives a dramatic portrayal of redemptive history. (12:1-6)Rev 12:1-5 gives us a dramatic portrayal of God’s redemptive plan in a symbolic form... Read More
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The Two Witnesses
June 23rd, 2024
Revelation 11:1-14John gives another prophetic intermission.As he did in Rev 7:1-8:1, John gives us another prophetic intermission in Rev 10:1-11:14 between the sixth and seventh trumpet judgments. Th... Read More
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Lifted to the Throne
April 7th, 2024
A mother buys her little boy a helium balloon from a vendor at the fair. Its shiny foil liner is shaped like his favorite cartoon character. He clutches the balloon string tightly as they make their w... Read More
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Lifted from the Grave
March 31st, 2024
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Confidence in Prayer
February 18th, 2024
Mark 9:14-29 / Matthew 17:14-20 / Luke 9:37-42Have you ever been disappointed? Perhaps you reserved a hotel online. The hotel website showed you colorful pictures of a beautiful facility and a long li... Read More
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An Empowering Vision: John's Commission to Write
February 18th, 2024
Revelation 1:9-20We rarely stay close to people from early in life. That’s why we go to high-school reunions, to reconnect with people we haven’t seen for a long time. Though these times of regatherin... Read More
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Authority in Prayer
February 11th, 2024
John 14:12-14, 15:7-8,16Reminder of our series theme: Prayer is talking deliberately to God.While our primary text is in John 14 and 15 as previously read, there are a couple related texts which see... Read More
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Background Notes on Revelation
February 4th, 2024
Believers should be just as familiar with Revelation as they are with any other book of the Bible, but in a thoughtful and responsible way that resists the urge to be sensational or scared. Understood... Read More
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Angels from the Realms of Glory
December 24th, 2023
Luke 2:8-14Observing the Christmas holiday offers a variety of benefits. We can renew our gratitude for and focus on Christ, reconnect with family and friends, restore a heart of generosity, and more.... Read More
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Discovering Hosea
December 3rd, 2023
This book begins our study of what are called the Minor Prophets. By “minor,” though, we do not mean “less important.” Instead, we are referring to those Old Testament books of prophecy which are smal... Read More
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Resting in the God Who Knows
June 25th, 2023
Psalm 139:1-6As children enter their toddler years, they add a new word to their vocabulary and use it a lot – why. As their brain and thought processes develop and mature, they experience an increasi... Read More
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Joy in Life and Death
June 11th, 2023
Philippians 1:19-26According to People Magazine, a radio host once asked the infamous body-builder, movie star, and former CA governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Tell me, governor, what happens to us wh... Read More
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