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Letters from Proselytes of Galatia to Paul
Premise: The Apostle Paul likely received one or several letters to which the Apostle responds with Epistles to several churches and certain important persons. Who wrote to the Apostle Paul? Think about this — Paul and other Apostles come into your town or city, proclaim some Good News, build a church of Christ followers, establish…
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Personal Letters from Nicopolis – Intro
Personal Instructions and Greetings When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Letter of the Apostle Paul to Titus 3:12 Legacy Standard Bible We have been following the missions of Paul and others in Acts of the Apostles…
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Grace for the Everyday Sinner in 2024 C.E.
What is grace? We associate it with good things as in praying before eating and receiving mercy for those things we ought not to have done. Paul frequently opens his letters to various churches with grace, peace and other gentle words of greeting. The Apostle then encourages believers in a spirit of grace given to…
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Ghosts of Christmas’ Past
We are of course familiar with the image of ghosts of Christmas’ past thanks to Charles Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ penned in A.D. 1843. Dickens points toward a morality of generosity during a great 19th century division between a well-off gentry class and the working poor. Even today his theme of the repentance of Scrooge…
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Talking for hours with the prophet Paul
.. when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them.. Acts 20:7b ESV Talk of Jesus into the late night hours Our focus on this late-night incident in Troas is Paul’s midnight talk of JESUS and its impact on the Church. My secondary focus is a role of Paul we may not…
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‘You’re NOT MY Father!’ – the prodigal C.E. Evangelical
‘You’re not my father,’ the young woman yelled at the top of her voice as her mother tried to take control of the situation. (The prodigal teen might just as well been a son rejecting the authority of his father.) Our Family Prodigal Most Christians are no doubt familiar with the scenario of Jesus’ parable…
