Tag: acts
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The Three o’clock Prayer Service
CHRISTIAN NEWS HEADLINES You will not see these HEADLINES in the Jerusalem News twenty-one centuries ago or even now. MIRACLE! ישוע המשיח עלה! Changes in Worship Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. Acts:3:1 NLT Post-resurrection Christians frequently miss some subtlety of detail in…
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Beyond Nations and Coastlands
The Servant of the Lord Is Jesus Savior of the nations, good news to the coastlands and Messiah of the elect? Prophets and kings of Israel have looked forward to the incarnate Son of Man. Yet the Messiah of Israel did not suffer, die and rise to glory only for Jacob. The Lord is lord…
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Who are my brothers?
Family! Gotta love ’em I have two brothers and a sister, not to mention other challenging family members who generally disagree with my considered path which seldom offers the least resistance. Lately we’ve had some ‘family disagreements.’ Has that ever happened with you? We’re all hard to convince on important points of life, so in…
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Tribulation? Cheer up.
2017: Keep on for Christ’s sake. I’m not invoking a phrase of cursing here, rather I call on the saints who hold fast to Jesus Christ to continue in faith. This is no new calling out in times of difficulty or anticipated times of trouble. We anticipate tribulation in the world. Solomon may have come…
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A Word to the Cunning – 3
God’s plans change hearts We have been examining the wisdom of Proverbs and advice to the cunning. An evil man or woman has two choices: continue in cunning evil or turn to the wisdom of the Lord. One such repentant man was Simon the magician. Several men and women never turn back to the Lord.…
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Seeing the Invisible Spirit
How does the LORD use the Bible? How do we use the Bible to show others the Lord Jesus? All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. – 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV Peter’s powerful sermon of…
