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Pressing on to the Prize
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14 December 31, 2025 Urgency in following Christ. Nowhere is the compelling quest of the Christian life more vividly expressed than in Paul’s experience. The healthy believer has a desire to experience God in the fullest
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Transferring Hope
“By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.” Hebrews 11:20 December 29, 2025 Back when trolley cars served the pedestrian population of the city of Atlanta transfer tickets were necessary to move from one trolley route to another. In the hall of faith Isaac is singled out for his transference of God’s promises
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Crowned Rights
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.” Philippians 2:9 December 26, 2025 Let’s get our theology right. Jesus was exalted not to achieve any higher status within the Trinity. His nature was not improved upon nor did He achieve an eternal place within the Triune
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Merry Christmas to all!
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.” Philippians 2:9 December 25, 2025 That baby-gift from God grew up, lived a perfect life, suffering pain and torture on a Roman cross for our sins, was raised out of a tomb, ascended to heaven and is coming
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The Messiah, the Savior
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 December 24, 2025 Who was the Christ-child? He was Israel’s long awaited Messiah, the son of David, the heir to the throne of David. He was the Son of the Most High, God Himself
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The Christ of Christmas
“And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Philippians 2:8 December 22, 2025 Is there any time in the calendar year when the name of Christ is proclaimed more than at other times? Unfortunately the word “Christmas” comes from the early
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Emptied Himself
“But emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.” Philippians 2:7 December 19, 2025 Unfortunately the Christmas season is filled with theological additions and subtractions regarding the person of Jesus Christ. Sentimentalism has created a Jesus who is light years away from the Jesus of the Bible.
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The Lordship of Jesus Christ – Part 1
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.” Philippians 2:6 December 17, 2025 In Luxor Egypt there was a house on top of a large column, 80ft high. Excavation had revealed the
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Self-Sacrificing Love
“and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:7 December 15, 2025 The seventh petal on the fragrant and beautiful flower of the God-pleasing life is love. The wonderful virtue of love has suffered much in the hands of a world consumed with self-worship. The self-esteem craze has done its damage.