Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11-12:8,14
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Eleven Points on How to Be Hidden through Impending Judgment 7 months ago · View
Perhaps the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah is skipped over by some who would rather not hear its proclamations of judgment: judgment on Judah (Zeph 1); judgment on the Gentile nations (Zeph 2:4-15); judgement on Jerusalem (Zeph 3:1-7); judgment on the nations: “All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.” (Zeph [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: AGONY IN THE GARDEN 11 months ago · View
“I come to the garden alone….” This hallowed hymn always strums an emotional chord deep within me. It beckons me to that place of sweet delight with the Lover of my soul. “And the joy we share, as we tarry there, none other can ever know.” It is there that we enter the Holy of [...]
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Toriano Mayo wrote a new blog post: Why Do You Try to Save Yourself by Works: Yes You Christians 1 year, 5 months ago · View
You know, something has been striking me recently as sort of surprising, and really disturbing. There are so many people who claimed they are saved by grace, but then they go on living, as if they were saved by works. We see this same problem in Galatians, and for some reason we think we are far [...] -
Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: A LABOR OF LOVE 2 years, 4 months ago · View
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street. (Lamentations 2:19) LET THE CHILDREN There is a sinister, ugly spirit, a [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Tunnel Vision 2 years, 8 months ago · View
But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. –Philippians 2:17
God calls us to not just give up a little bit of ourselves for His sake, but to give ALL of ourselves for Him. It [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Genocide in the OT 3 years, 5 months ago · View
Rahab is listed amongst the heroes of the faith in Hebrews 11 and again in James. I would argue that Joshua 2:8-13 which has Rahabs appeal shows that she truly did have faith in the Lord, and that she was willing to change sides as you put it, and how Ruth put it when she [...]