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“In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”   John 16:33  NASB Overcome – Here is the Greek word nenikeka.  This is the verb nike (you can see it in the middle of the word).  It means, “to be victorious over.”  Now you know why a shoe company in Portland…
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Who Redeems Whom?

“He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”  Ruth 4:15  ESV Restorer – Most biblical students are familiar with the Hebrew concept of the kinsman-redeemer.  Christians often consider…
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Crossing the Boundaries

“How is it that you, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?”  John 4:9  NASB How? –  The Greek word pos introduces a question.  This is a particularly interesting question.  It contains many of the implications about communal truths that we face today. It is a question of…
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Who Are You?

Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”  Ruth 2:5  NASB Whose – Did you recognize the underlying cultural assumption in Boaz’s question?  It is a perfect statement of the difference between the Western Greek world and the Eastern Hebrew world.  In our Greek-based society,…
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The Other Good News

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is not really another, only there are some who are disturbing you, and want to distort the gospel of Christ.  Galatians 1:6-7 Gospel – What if we have it all wrong?  What…
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