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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick the links to listen to the sermons I recently posted on YouTube. Testing the Spirits (1 John 4:1-6) Living in Christ’s Freedom (Galatians 5) How We Comfort One Another (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. They decorate it with silver
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Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Mt. 24:1-2, Mk. 13:1-2, Lk. 21:5-6 Sometime after observing the wealthy offerings compared to the widow’s small amount, Jesus and His disciples leave the temple. Perhaps because
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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoin my monthly supporters: https://www.Patreon.com/OnwardintheFaith One-time donations: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Onwar… Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Ray-Burns-6 If studying theology is important, it’s also important to do it well. If you’d like to figure out where to start with something so vital to your walk with Jesus, this video is for you. Figure out a book budget before you begin, then
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Approximate Reading Time: 8 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Santa Claus is a classic part of childhood. Likewise, being old enough not to believe in him is a mark of maturity. However, as parents, we should always consider what we teach
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Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Mk. 12:41-44, Lk. 21:1-4 Jesus overturned money changers’ tables and gave an important lesson on taxes. Now He turns His attention to another aspect of money, teaching
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Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) This final option for where the soul comes from will sound odd, even by Christian standards. Instead of God being an active participant, either creating the soul or grabbing one from His
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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is an excerpt from my book “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days.” Click here to get it from Amazon using my affiliate link. Find this moment in: Mt. 22:34–40, Mk. 12:28–34 After correcting the naturalistic and biblically illiterate Sadducees, the Pharisees step back in. We’ll begin with Matthew’s account, but when we view Mark’s
The Greatest Commandment (Moment #10 from “40 Moments From Christ’s Final Days”) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick here to buy 25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament (Amazon affiliate link) today and start reading it on December 1st… or any time you want to see how Jesus connects to the Old Testament! Want the content without the cost? No problem! I’ve compiled the entire series as a series of blog
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Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Today we continue our look at where the soul comes from. While Part 1 looked at a theory that is largely rejected, this one may be the most commonly held belief in
Where Does the Soul Come From? Option 2: Creationism Read More »