Tag: Romans 15
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Killing My Vanity; Praising the Undertaker
When I started in ministry back in 2010, I had good motives as far as I knew. I set out to build ministries in number and succeeded. I set out to teach God’s word and saw lives turned around for the better. I wouldn’t change that, but I do look back and see so much…
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Good Tidings
Christmas is Sunday. The day we celebrate Christ’s birth. Whether or not some aspects of the way we celebrate have pagan roots or Christ’s birth was sometime in the Spring instead of Winter make for trivial and inconsequential debate. The fact is, Christ was born. We celebrate that birth. Proof that He was born King…
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Daily Devotional: Romans 15:8-21
Jesus was not a Christian. Before His incarnation, He had no religion because He is one with the Father and need not follow anyone. In His incarnation, He became a servant to the circumcision—He became a Jew in order to preach the truth and confirm the promises given by God to the fathers (Abraham, Isaac,…
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Daily Devotional: Romans 15:1-7
In his application of the doctrine of justification by grace through faith alone, Paul continues to prescribe how those who are strong in the faith ought to relate to those who are weak in the faith. Those who are strong, those who don’t feel they have to abstain from food or drink or consider one…
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Source of True Hope
When I was fifteen, I started driver’s education. Everyone wanted to get through the coursework so that we could start driving. During the coursework portion of the program, I had such a hope for what could be. Eventually, test time came around and I passed! I gave my time and energy, suffered through the sometimes…