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Read your Bible in 1 year: 06.03 Deuteronomy 7 Psalms 90 Isaiah 35 Revelation 5 “When purity is reduced to legalism, our hearts are no longer free; they are focused more on maintaining rituals and customs than on living out a genuine character...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.31 Deuteronomy 4 Psalms 86-87 Isaiah 32 Revelation 2 “Nowadays we are taught to think of faith as something that relates inversely to logic and evidence – as you get more facts and certainty, your need for faith...

Half-Crazy Cruden Christians of many generations have located verses of Scripture by pulling their Cruden’s Concordance off its shelf. Spurgeon wrote in the flyleaf of his, “For ten years this has been at my left hand when the Word of God has bee...

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, aga...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.30 Deuteronomy 3 Psalms 85 Isaiah 31 Revelation 1 “Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.29 Deuteronomy 2 Psalms 83-84 Isaiah 30 Jude 1 “If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we fo...

by Andrew Brown   London pastor Matthew Ashimolowo was ordered to repay £200,000 after it emerged he used church assets to buy a £13,000 Florida timeshare and spent £120,000 on his birthday celebrations, including £80,000 on a car.  ...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.28 Deuteronomy 1 Psalms 81-82 Isaiah 29 3 John 1 “God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior....

Alleine’s Alarm While a chaplain at Oxford, Joseph Alleine often neglected his friends for his studies. “It is better they should wonder at my rudeness,” he explained, “than that I should lose time; for only a few will notice the rudeness, bu...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.27 Numbers 36 Psalms 80 Isaiah 28 2 John 1 “There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” David answers that question with a request: “LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.&#...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.25 Numbers 34 Psalms 78:40-72 Isaiah 26 1 John 4 “Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer <:))))><<...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.24 Numbers 33 Psalms 78:1-39 Isaiah 25 1 John 3 “It is foolish for philosophers to tell us there is no universal right and wrong. There is a basis for ethics, and it is found in God’s Word. God tells us every...

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and des...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.23 Numbers 32 Psalms 77 Isaiah 24 1 John 2 When a man once had a good thought, he should not be afraid of it because nobody else had thought of it. He should do it and dare it, defying custom if it thwarted him, tearing...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.22 Numbers 31 Psalms 75-76 Isaiah 23 1 John 1 “The ultimate proof of total forgiveness takes place when we sincerely petition the Father to let those who have hurt us off the hook — even if they have hurt not...

*** i love this great WORD FOR TODAY by life fm!   Picture it one more time – a boat lashed by huge waves, and 12 frightened disciples who thought they were going under. They forgot to look for Jesus to rescue them. Yet as the night advanc...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.21 Numbers 30 Psalms 74 Isaiah 22 2 Peter 3 “God is at peace in himself, and in his presence there is peace. The most repeated negative command in Scripture is ‘fear not.’ It appears 365 times — one for each day...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.20 Numbers 29 Psalms 73 Isaiah 21 2 Peter 2 “Nothing is more needed among preachers today than that we should have the courage to shake ourselves free from the thousand and one trivialities in which we are asked to was...

The Earthquake Synod “God is our … fortress,” says Psalm 46. “And so, we won’t be afraid! Let the earth tremble. … ” The trembling of the earth may even reassure God’s children of his power, as happened on this day, St. Dunstan’s Da...

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday! This is a picture that I took at Arbor Crest Winery just outside of Spokane last weekend.  It was so beautiful! You could certainly see the wonder of God's creation here. This morning's sermon w...