Tag: curse
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4
Paul has Silvanus and Timothy with him. As is customary for Paul, he includes them in the writing of his letter. He writes to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ—that is in His name. Paul’s trinitarian theology shows at the start. Paul begins with a blessing: Grace…
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The Good Curse
Adam and his wife have sinned against God by responding wrongly to the temptation of the serpent. Adam could not atone for his wife’s sin. Instead, he joined her. Both Adam and his wife blamed their sin on the serpent. Today, we see Christ’s response. We remember that it is the preincarnate Christ talking to…
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What If The Democrat and LGBTQ Enter the Kingdom Before You?
It is Fig Monday, and Jesus has been challenged by the chief priests and elders. They asked by what authority He did and taught the things He did. He did not tell them. Jesus now tells His critics three parables about them. Here is the first. Matthew 21:28-32 “But what do you think? A man…
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Why did Elisha Curse 42 ‘children’?
Can you explain 2 Kings 2:23-25? -asked by a student at Gorman Baptist Church, Durham This is a story in Scripture where God’s prophet Elisha (who took Elijah’s position as God’s prophet) caused 2 female bears to come out of the woods and maul 42 children. After Elijah was taken up, these little youths came…