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True Love
“[Love is not] rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:5-6 February 16, 2026 All that is called love is not true love. Love is not merely an emotion, nor is its source found in human beings. God
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Love in a Vase
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 February 13, 2026 Beautiful flowers are all over the place in grocery stores making their contribution to the celebration of love.
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Domestic Tranquility
“Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19 February 11, 2026 One of the purposes of government, according to our Constitution, is to insure peace and safety for its citizens (Rom. 13:4). “This would imply, for example, that the United States should control all immigration processes so that
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Legal and Illegal Immigrants
“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.” Exodus 23:9 February 9, 2026 The Old Testament distinguishes between the legal immigrant (Heb. word, ger) and the illegal immigrant (Heb. words, foreigner, nekhar and zar). “Illegal immigrants should not expect these same
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Immigration and the Christian
“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.” Exodus 22:21 February 6, 2025 Most of us in America share at least one thing in common. We are descendants of immigrants. Try to imagine what it was like for our ancestors to have left another country
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Persecuted for Righteousness Sake
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.” Matthew 5:11 February 4, 2026 “What it means to follow Christ in Cameroon.” Christians in this west African nation pay the price for belonging to Christ. . . Christians living along the Nigerian
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The Winds of Persecution
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10 February 2, 2026 “Radical Islamists and radical secularists are fighting side by side, brought together by a common enemy” (Erwin Lutzer, We Will Not be Silenced). Who is that common enemy? The church of the Lord Jesus
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Morning Minute
“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” Colossians 3:5 January 30, 2026 The Christian’s new identity in Christ faces us with what seems like a paradox (a seeming contradiction). On the one hand Paul says “you have died” (Col. 3:3). Then he
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Heaven on Earth, Part 2
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you will appear with him in glory.” Colossians 3:2-4 January 28, 2026 Biblical Christianity must not only be defended