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| A Health Club's Lesson on Old Testament Law |  Printer view
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| Topics: | Atonement, Christ, Christ, Anointed One, Christ, blood of, Christ, burden bearer, Christ, cross of, Christ, death of, Christ, Messiah, Christ, only Savior, Christ, our righteousness, Christ, substitute for humanity, Depravity, God, grace of, Gospel, Grace, Human condition, Justification, Law, Law & Grace, Legalism, Mercy, New Covenant, Obedience, Old Covenant, Righteousness, Salvation, Self-Righteousness, Sin, Works, Works Righteousness |
| Filters: | Humor, Stories |
| References: | Isaiah 52:13-53:12 , Habakkuk 2:4, John 3:16, Acts 13:39, Romans 3:21-28, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Galatians 2:16-21, Galatians 3:10-13, Galatians 3:24-25, Galatians 5:1-5, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 2:8-9, Ephesians 3:7-8, 1 Peter 2:24 |
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My first visit to a health club was in the 1970s. Health clubs were new. My friend Frank told me he had a membership and that I could come with him as his guest for a workout.
When I met Frank at the club, we went into a room filled with weight machines. I'd never seen these things before in my life. Frank called it "the circuit." The idea was to spend a few minutes on each machine, exercising all ...
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| Prime Meridian Is a Metaphor for the Bible | Printer view
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| Topics: | Authority, Bible, Covenant, Creation, Direction, Doctrine, Doctrine, sound, Guidance, Inerrancy, Inspiration of Scripture, Nature, New Covenant, New Testament, Old Covenant, Old Testament, Perspective, Promises, Purpose, Scripture, Spiritual direction, Theology, Truth, Word of God |
| Filters: | Christian Culture, Free, Science and Nature |
| References: | Deuteronomy 8:3, Psalm 12:6, Psalm 18:30, Psalm 119, Luke 11:28, John 16:13, Romans 1:16, Romans 15:4, Colossians 2:8, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12, James 1:22-25 |
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I recently toured the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, famous as the location of the prime meridian. It is a remarkable location. I was able to take a picture of my children straddling the meridian, each standing with one foot in the Eastern Hemisphere and the other foot in the Western Hemisphere.
As delightful as that might be, I would have to add that the prime meridian itself is not physically ...
Kenton C. Anderson, Choosing to Preach (Zondervan, 2006), p. 58 |
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| No Fishing Out Hotel Windows | Printer view
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| Topics: | Attitudes, Behavior, Character, Christ, our righteousness, Commandments, Depravity, Disobedience, Faith and works, Fall of Humanity, Freedom, Human nature, Law, Law and grace, Legalism, Liberty, Morality, Motives, New Covenant, Obedience, Old Covenant, Rebellion, Religion, Righteousness, Self-control, Sin, Sinful nature, Temptation, Will, human |
| Filters: | Humor, Stories |
| References: | Romans 7:7-13, Galatians 3:1-5, Hebrews 8:7 |
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Haddon Robinson writes about something the apostle Paul could certainly identify with, namely, the tendency of the law to put ideas in our heads:
The law can prompt us to sin. I am told that several years ago a high-rise hotel was built in Galveston, Texas, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, they sank pilings into the gulf and built the structure out over the water. When the hotel was about ...
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| When Tithing Was More Than a Tenth | Printer view
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| Topics: | Giving, Money, Money, tithing, Offerings, Poor, Possessions, Sharing, Stewardship, Tithing |
| Filters: | Christian Culture, Church History, Money |
| References: | Exodus 13:11-14, Leviticus 19:9-10, Leviticus 27:30, Deuteronomy 12:10-11, Deuteronomy 14:28-29, Malachi 3:8, 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 |
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How much people gave in the Old Testament is hazy. Most people say 10 percent. That's true for starters, because in the Old Testament there were several types of mandatory giving.
There was compulsory giving for each person who considered himself faithful to the Covenant; it was not optional. First there was a tithe called the Lord's tithe, or the Levites' tithe, because it went to support the priests ...
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| Meeting Needs or Meeting God? | Printer view
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As the church today gets more and more hip--more and more need-oriented, responding to the buttons that people push in their pews--I find myself longing for more of a historical faith. I find myself not wanting to have everything explained to me in simple terms.
I'm not even sure I want all my needs met as much as I want to meet God, and sometimes I wonder if he's really interested in the noise of ...
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