Hope Misplaced: Pharisees
by We’ve all heard about the Pharisees. The religious leaders of Jesus’s day who clung to the letter of the Law and placed heavy, over-reaching rules …
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Hope Misplaced: Zealots
In our world there is a growing distrust and dissatisfaction with the government. But this is nothing new in history. Throughout the centuries kingdoms have …
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Hope Misplaced: Herodians
Some people don’t like things to change. They are happy with the status quo and will do anything to keep it that way. Jesus encountered …
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The Surrendered Will: Yielding Daily to the Spirit
Galatians 5:16-25 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against …
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Away in a Manger at Migdal Eder
researched and written by Donna Gawell For years, I’ve imagined Jesus’ humble birth and the manger scene all wrong. Like most people who grew up …
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When Identity Becomes Calling
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which …
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Destiny and Eternal Glory — When We See Him, We Become Like Him
Colossians 3:4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are …
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Conduit
Most of us prefer to live on a cul-de-sac. We tend to like them because they allow us the tranquility of forgoing all the unnecessary …
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Cashless bail is not just politics, it’s spiritual warfare
Security camera footage shows DeCarlos Brown Jr. about to murder Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, Aug. 22, …
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Why Christians are more frustrated than ever and desperately need discernment
By Brandon Showalter Set aside any distinctly political topic or person for a moment, if you can. If you’re a 40-year-old (or over) Evangelical like me, …