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True Religion (1)
“but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:24 NASB Boast – Go ahead! Brag a little! Let the works of your hands and the thoughts…
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Who to Blame?
“Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.” Genesis 16:5 NIV You are responsible – “It’s not my fault.” Oh, how we love…
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Political Correctness
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Proverbs 10:11 NASB Violence – The world with God’s present sovereignty is a very violent place. Imagine what it would be like without His sovereignty! If the world as we know it is under the final sovereignty…
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I am not a Robot
Sometimes when you add a blog comment on the website, you are asked to fill in a check box to prove you are a real human and not an automated machine response. I know this is annoying, but there is a very good reason for this security. My tech guy, Mark, writes: “You could tell…
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The Geography of Sin
But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 NIV Where – What if we combine Rabbi David Forhman’s insight about the Hebrew word ‘ayyeh and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks insight about the relationship between geography and sin? Sacks comments that sin is often being in the wrong place at the wrong…
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Believers in Yogjakarta
It was an honor to speak to this group of believers in the most populated Muslim country in the world. Paulus Wibowo worked for YEARS before the first person came to the assembly. Perseverance. He is in the first row on the right. A wonderful man who has been reading Today’s Word for more than…
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Honesty Is the Best Policy?
He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. Proverbs 10:9 NASB Integrity – Are you considered a person of integrity? Ah, before you answer, you might want to know what tamam means. Most of us think of integrity as a synonym for honesty and by that…
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Trivial Matters
I’m brushing my teeth. Trivial. Routine. I remember something Bob said in Israel. When he ties shoelaces, he always does it in exactly the same way, starting with tightening the laces on one shoe, but not tying the knot, then tightening the other shoe, then returning to the first one to tie the knot, then…
