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You did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you. Luke 19:44 The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 I’ve been bemoaning the relative depth of my own commonplace Christianity and what seems so typical among many Christians and their churches. In my last post I talked …
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“If you were to fall into the sea, and were that sea infinite, you would fall from one depth to another for all eternity. This is how it is with the Christian who is continuously abiding in him. He is sinking with inconceivable swiftness to the most inward depths of God.” Jeanne Guyon "Put out …
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Here are some sound bytes from an audio message I gave years ago based on a certain Greek word in the New Testament that summarizes how Christians should act in society. I’m reintroducing it because I think this quality is more necessary today than ever. Please give it a listen and see if the Spirit …
These few highlights are from our concluding podcast message on the epistle of James. If you’ve followed these 8 or 9 teachings, you’ve already heard me say that James, the half-brother of Jesus, had a very specific theme in mind when he wrote, a class-less Christianity. In his last chapter, he pulled out all the …
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Here we are finally in the last chapter of James making a slow descent toward the runway to land this thing. We’ll be taking just the first half of chapter 5 today and finishing up next time. As I’ve been saying all along, James’ letter addresses and undresses classism, the idea and lifestyle that one …
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