Today’s Word

Reading Backwards

Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or Sabbath days Colossians 2:16 No One – Every letter Paul wrote fits into the cultural context of the audience he addressed.  The first principle of biblical interpretation is to determine…
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Status Symbol

for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17 Righteous – Tim Hegg, in the book The Letter Writer, makes an incredibly important point about Paul’s understanding of righteousness after his encounter with Christ.  Paul as a…
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Church Fanatics

“You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;” Acts 21:20   Zealous – There’s a lot of discussion these days about the impact, power and outreach of the early church.  There are a lot of books, programs, videos and…
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Follow Me

This is how we know we are in him:  whoever claims to live in him must walk as Yeshua did.  1 John 2:5-6 (NIV) Walk – It seems pretty clear, doesn’t it?  John says that if we claim to be in Christ, we must walk as He did.  The Greek verb, peripateo, is a nice…
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Just Think About It

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Hosea 4:6 Knowledge – How often have you heard this verse quoted in a plea for renewed diligence toward the things of God?  The quotation is usually followed by an enumeration of our lack of Bible study, church attendance, daily devotion or some other missing element in…
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A Wedding Date

And you shall put this ark in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over [the ark of] the testimony, where I will meet with you. Exodus 30:6 Meet – Where would you go to keep an appointment with God?  Does that…
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