This scripture has been posted, put on billboards and signboards, preached about and promoted during every crisis in recent history. But there is a problem with it! It is, of course, true. It is also relevant but there are important things about it which must be considered. Notice in the quote above that the ‘if’…
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Do you need a sign from heaven? The idea of a sign from God to give us direction or make a decision is hardly an old one. The Bible gives us examples of signs – sometimes encouraging them, sometimes commanding them and sometimes forbidding them! What sense can we make of all that? In times…
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Is your anger uncontrollable? I was once very angry. My anger was violent and disruptive (but, fortunately, never criminal). My story When I was a boy, I had a violent temper. I had fights with friends and family. I damaged property and rage took hold of me in an overwhelming way. Oddly, by nature I…
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The Revelation to John, sometimes just called Revelation, is the last book in the Bible. We have drawn life lessons from every book starting in Genesis and now will finish in Revelation. This is a bit of a mysterious book and has inspired a variety of approaches in interpreting and understanding it. There is no…
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