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1 Timothy 1:15-20 When Eve took the fruit, she disobeyed what God had said even before eating it. She allowed the tempter to inform her understanding of right and wrong. Eve’s definition of what was right became what seemed good to her. We live in a culture where what seems right to me is an […]

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2 Timothy 2:20-26 Growing up, my mother set our everyday table with turquoise melamine. She knew we couldn’t break it if we tried. China was for company. She saved it for special occasions. As Christians, God wants to use us as china in a melamine world. We can’t accomplish the transformation on our own because […]

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Titus 1:10-16 What is pure? That’s a question the Food and Drug Administration in the United States has trouble answering with clarity. They have dodged lawsuits because of legal precedents allowing “unpreventable contaminants” during the production of something. What this amounts to is that even if it is only mostly pure, it is pure enough. […]

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Titus 1:1-9 Paul was hosting a virtual leadership-training event in Titus 1. It wasn’t possible to gather in person and so he sent a letter. He reviewed leadership responsibilities–beginning with character rather than a job description. We are all leaders somewhere. So don’t skip over Titus and try to apply it to someone else. Join […]

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Luke 18:9-14 As believers, we are called to humility and surrender to God’s will and ways. We are all on the same journey, but if we are not careful, a spiritual arrogance can set in. We may begin to believe that we have achieved a spiritual level that others have not. Arrogance is not only […]

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1 John 2:18-25 John was confronting those who had succumbed to heresies that had been circulating. John believed in the return of Jesus very soon. There is urgency in his warnings. The antichrist is not someone who is a devil with horns. Rather, it is the person who preaches a message other than Christ crucified. […]

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1 John 1:3-10 The context for 1 John 1 is important. John may have been the only living apostle at the time this letter was written. As the primitive church began moving farther away from the resurrection of Christ, there were alternative teachings circulating that Jesus was not human and not born of a virgin. […]

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Acts 13:44-48 A strong biblical motif is the “insiders versus the outsiders.” The “insiders” are considered those who know the Scriptures, the laws of God, and at least pretend to adhere to them. The “outsiders” are often those who live on the fringes: the sick, the weak, the widowed, the orphaned, the poor. Paul was […]

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Acts 13:36-43 The Israelites were given the law to help them learn boundaries, to live according to the values and commandments of God’s kingdom. However, law has its limitations. Laws can be interpreted and misinterpreted. Laws can sometimes be ambiguous. By the time of Jesus’ ministry, the laws had become so tedious that they were […]

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1 Samuel 15:24-35 The legend of Robin Hood goes back to the 1300’s. He is commonly known as an outlaw who robbed from the rich to give money to the poor. His story and heroics have been the source for many childhood adventures. Interestingly, those childhood musings don’t really consider that stealing, no matter how […]

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