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Run With Endurance
(Hebrews 12:1)
The heart of the Christian life is faith. We begin by trusting Christ for our justification, but we continue on by faith. The author of Hebrews knew this and laid out a case for modern believers to walk like the saints of old (Hebrews 11). Then, because they lived by faith, so must we, so he likened this life to a race—"run with endurance the race that is set before us." (3 Minutes/600 Words)
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Does My Parenting Style Teach Obedience?
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Does my parenting style teach obedience? Can I teach a version of obedience that is also freeing? A version where they know the boundaries, yet feel free operating within them? Or do I teach obedience that is void of relationship?
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Marriage Principles From Non-Marriage Verses, Part 2
The Spirit Transforms Us
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Christina and I are not the same people we were in 2002, the year we stood before God and witnesses and declared our covenant of love for one another. As age and life has ticked by, we have both matured. In a sense, because we were relatively young when we married, we have grown up together. But our personal growth is not due entirely to the natural flow of life. No, we have both experienced spiritual transformation at the hands of Jesus Christ. He has shaped and molded us over the years.
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Wall Dancin'
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There is a time for wall-dancin’, but you’ll never get to it if you don’t have a vision for it. Nehemiah, you see, had vision to build the walls of Jerusalem. He knew God’s city needed to become healthy.
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A Blessing Offered by Christ
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Eventually, the great wilderness baptizer, John, blurted out his question. His preaching against King Herod’s unlawful marriage had gotten him locked up. Imprisoned, John had heard of Jesus’ work. He thought it through, then asked, “Should we look for another?”
Read moreHey, Calvary family. Thanks for joining us in our study through the book of Exodus. Today we're in Exodus chapters 12 and 13. There is tension now in the text. God has unleashed His wrath upon the Egyptians. Plague after plague has come down upon Pharaoh and his people, and Pharaoh's heart has been hardened.
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The Mission Statement of a Christ Follower
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Modern companies have mission statements, a guiding sentence or phrase for all they do. Christians, in a sense, have a mission statement also. If pressed for it, I would turn to Romans 12:1-2. Here, in response to the glorious gospel he wrote about in Romans 1-11, Paul concludes: “Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.” (12 Minutes /2500 Words)
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The Cross Was Meant for That
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Joseph lived a wild life. Betrayed by his brothers as a teenager, he quietly ascended to the right hand of Pharaoh, becoming one of the most powerful men in the world. Eventually, he and his brothers reconciled. They were reunited, along with their father, Jacob. (5 Minutes/1200 Words)
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Never Totally Spent
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Brutal. It was absolutely brutal. Ascending the final series of hills — the worst hills of the entire 32 mile race — the feeling was surreal. I’d never run that far. My entire body felt decimated. My strength was gone. I wanted that finish line badly. (1 Minute/400 Words)
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Singleness and the Christian: A Potential Blessing
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Paul alluded to a “present distress” earlier in 1 Corinthians 7. Disaster loomed. Turmoil was about to hit the church. It is not hard to imagine what he spoke of. In Acts, prophets foretold of famine, so perhaps massive economic hardship lurked. More likely, however, the church experienced painful persecution during that era. Paul may have been alluding to coming persecution. (5 Minutes/1200 Words)
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