Truly Wise Men

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Dr. Mike Murphy   Church can teach us many valuable lessons, sometimes it can even teach us those lessons in the most unusual of places. At an early age I learned one of these valuable lessons at church, the importance of thermal underwear!   Anyone who has been a part of a living nativity knows exactly what I mean! Stand in the freezing night wind for a few hours in an outfit that is actually nothing more than an oversized cotton dress, and your mind will soon begin to ponder just how wise these men were! The invention of longjohns …

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JESUS, OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST

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Though you may sometimes feel misunderstood, take solace in the fact that Jesus identifies with your circumstances   Hebrews 4:14-16 (KJV) 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help …

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From the Manger to the Cross

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A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Let’s take just a moment to look beyond the controversy over when the Lord came and focus on why He came. I think Isaiah gave us the best explanation the Bible offers. What follows is my adaptation of Isaiah 53. Isaiah 53:1-12 1. Who has believed the message of the prophets? And to whom has the strength of the LORD been revealed? 2. The Son grew up before His Father like a tender shoot, but like a root out of dry ground He was totally unexpected by most. He had no beauty or majesty …

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Msg 1 Ezekiel 38& 39

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This is the first episode of a six part series on the coming allied invasion of Israel by Germany, the Muslim nations led by some leader in Russia who God calls Gog. Please excuse the ad in the beginning it was placed there by UTube. Also the video quality is somewhat washed out Watch this video on YouTube

The Cost of Discipleship

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Salvation is a free gift of God that comes through faith in His Son Jesus.   Matthew 10:24-42 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, …

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“Beyond the meeting in the air, what is the purpose of the rapture?

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The rapture allows us to be active participants in the tribulation from heaven rather than mere observers of the tribulation from earth. This conclusion comes from several passages in Revelation. First, Revelation 3:10. The tribulation comes to test those on the earth. But the church has no part in this, because we have already been tested. Whatever constitutes the tribulation, and whatever your view of Revelation 3:10, we all agree that the church is kept, protected, and guarded during this time, in a special way that unbelievers are not. If we were on earth, this would make us observers of …

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The Ultimate Rags To Riches Story

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A Feature Article by Jack Kelley We all love this kind of story. And as much as we’re encouraged by the experience of an ordinary person who due to personal drive and perseverance rises from humble beginnings to become a leader of business or industry, we’re especially fond of stories where an absolute nobody is plucked from the faceless crowd and instantly propelled to the pinnacle of success. Great Hollywood stories have been built upon this premise, and they’ve never failed to delight us. But by far the absolute best example of this comes from the Bible and is about …

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Hid With Christ in God

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You are complete in Him…for you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. (Col. 2:9, 3:3-4) Christ has not merely given us a new life because He died, but He has given us HIMSELF – if we are in Him, HE IS our life. This is how we are complete in Him. Everything is within life, and nothing is outside of it – and the Person of Christ constitutes the very life of the believer. It is difficult for …

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An Awesome God

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Oh, what an awesome God we serve, We see His hand everywhere… On land and sea, and in the sky, Wherever we look He’s there; Sometimes, when we expect it least, When all is quiet and still… His presence overwhelms our soul… As the whole room He doth fill. Oh, what an awesome God we serve, He breaks the power of sin… Birthing souls into His kingdom, Giving new life within. How awesome it is to witness The hand of His Spirit there… Drawing the lost to repentance… In His tender loving care. Oh, what an awesome God we serve, …

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Old vs. New Covenant

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  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers…for this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, …

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