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Erga tes Sarkos: Works of the Flesh

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | Jan 23, 2009

Christians have always been taught to avoid sin.  That’s a given.  But sometimes I think we trip ourselves up by not really understanding what the Bible calls “sin.”  We assume that we know what we aren’t supposed to do.  Murder, steal, lie, covet (that one is kind of vague but it’s on the list), use…

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Dying Now

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | Jan 15, 2009

The question of life is death. From the moment we are born, death begins its conquest of our body. No matter what we do to convince ourselves otherwise, it will relentlessly, inevitably overtake us. All of us know this fact. It is so much a part of our reality that often sends us into a…

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SEEK FIRST (Part 3)

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | Jan 6, 2009

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness”  Matt. 6:33 Now we know that the word translated kingdom comes from the Greek basileia.  We know that God establishes His kingdom through His own personal announcement – another creation spoken into existence.  Human agency is not part of this creation.  It is God’s plan…

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SEEK FIRST (Part 2)

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | Jan 5, 2009

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness”  Matt. 6:33 The second phase in examining this verse will focus on what we are seeking.  Remember that the Greek word for seek is zeteo.  We discovered that this root word has several different meanings.  It can mean “to strive after”,  “to look for”, and…

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SEEK FIRST (Part 1)

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | Jan 4, 2009

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness”  Matt. 6:33 Lately God has been pressing me about my motivation.  He has been showing me how deeply ingrained my own desires are.  Sometimes we can look so good on the outside that we even convince ourselves how carefully we are following God’s plan of…

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