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No Way Back

“And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.” Luke 16:23 March 22, 2023 Too many funerals deceive the grieving with the false belief that to die is a ticket to heaven. It’s a terrible and false theology to assume that justification before […]

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To Heaven and Back

“And I know that this man was caught up into paradise – whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.” 2 Corinthians 12:3 March 21, 2023 How would you like a round-trip ticket to heaven and back? Farfetched? It happened to the apostle Paul sometime before he set

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A Time to Mourn

“… a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:4 March 17, 2023 A minute is not enough time to mourn when your best friend dies. But the emotional lightning bolt struck me when my brother-in-law, Cliff, finished his walk across the golden bridge

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The Value of Hope

“…because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.” Colossians 1:5 March 16, 2023 I thank God for a dear friend, though now crossing over the golden bridge into the presence of Jesus Christ, who has lived with rock solid

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Love Endures All Things

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 March 13, 2023 Love is the language of truth. Love is the expression of truth. Why should we love one another? Firstly, because of false teaching that seeks to disconnect knowledge of God from the love of God. Secondly,

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Love Hopes All Things

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 March 10, 2023 Love chooses to be confident about the future. This is not sentimental optimism. The love that the Holy Spirit works in the life of the believer is courageous. “It does not stop loving because it is

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Love Believes All Things

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 March 9, 2023 On the surface of it, love “believing all things” could be seriously misunderstood. Does true love believe anything it is told? Absolutely not! Context! We already know that love rejoices with the truth. True love chooses

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