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God’s Gift
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 May 13, 2026 How do you know that God loves you? God the Son left the glory and inestimable joys of heaven to live in a world with its
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The Greatest Text of All
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” May 11, 2026 John 3:16 is “an ocean of thought in a drop of language” (August Van Ryn). Jesus’s conversation with a learned Jewish theologian reveals the answers to four questions.
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Straddling the Fence
“And Elijah came near to all the people and said, ‘How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.’ And the people did not answer him a word.” 1 Kings 18:21 May 8, 2026 The Israel of Elijah’s day were trying
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The Great Pretender
“For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. But be on guard, I have told you all things beforehand.” Mark 13:22-23 May 6, 2026 We live in a dangerous world. Behind the scenes of international conflict is the great deceiver himself, Satan. Before
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God’s Alarm Clock
“Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.” Romans 13:11 May 4, 2026 Do the words “apathy” and “luxury” ring your bell? They ought to because they describe the times in which we live.
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Waiting for a Savior
“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” Philippians 3:20-21 May 1, 2026 Watching for the return of Jesus Christ involves
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Watchfulness
“The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.” 1 Peter 4:7 April 29, 2026 First of all the bad news. We are living in a hollow and hostile culture. An active political group is working to undermine the historic and biblical values of our
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Be On the Alert
“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.” Mark 13:32-33 April 27, 2026 We do not know the time of the appointed events of the
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The Promise of the Second Coming
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in heaven will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.” Mark 13:24-26