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The Elijah Complex
“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” Romans 11:3 August 4, 2025 We know something about Elijah, the prophet, from 1 Kings 19:10,14. After a great victory over the false prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, he fled to the desert
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What About the Jew?
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.” Romans 11:1 August 1, 2025 Antisemitism is everywhere in the news today. However, it is not a new moral issue. The hatred of the Jew is thousands
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Not Ashamed
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”Romans 1:16 July 30, 2025 Up to this point as Paul was writing the letter to the Romans, consider the following: He had been imprisoned in
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The Perfect Storm
“And he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.” Acts 27:24 July 28, 2025 “Houston, we have a problem.” The now famous words from the space craft, Apollo 13, and its attempted reentry to earth from its lunar mission.
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Unshaken
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 July 25, 2025 Home security systems are doing a brisk business. Self-protection is a reasonable act and illustrates the plight of the human race. Idols throughout the world and history are created to allay our fears. Psalm 46 was written in
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The Unknown God
“For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.” Acts 17:23 July 23, 2025 How are we to respond to people who seem blind to the Christian faith? That’s
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Full of Idols
“Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.” Acts 17:16 July 21, 2025 The Athens Paul visited was notorious for its pursuit of meaning by worshiping Athena – the worship of the mental, Zeus – worship of might,
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A City of Idols
“Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.” Acts 17:16 July 18, 2025 The city of Athens in Paul’s day was an upside down world. It boasted of its glorious past and reveled in its intellectual sophistication. But
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Resisting the Devil
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 July 16, 2025 Becoming a Christian immediately embroils us in warfare (Jas. 4:1). The book of James alerts us to our adversary. Demons lurk (Jas. 2:19), the tongue can be set on fire by hell (Jas. 3:6). We have