This is deeply ironic and tragic because in the Christian gospel we have the one resource that can unlock the heart and free us to take off the masks. As long as we view the Christian church as a club for those who make the grade socially, we will be unwilling to speak freely of our shortcomings as believers.
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The question is, what books/stories are you writing with your words? If we were to read them, what effect would they produce on your readers?
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Paul is writing a letter to the Philippians. Just like when we get a letter in real life, we would have to read the whole thing to grasp the full import of the author’s meaning/intent. We must interpret each verse in light of the entire letter.
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What do you see when you picture Jonah in the great fish’s belly? Chances are, like me, you envision a rather big stomach large enough for a boat to fit in, with way more room for a large man and a little boy to also fit comfortably in rather than a squashed-up Jonah pressed against the digestive tract of the great fish.
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If you’re like me, you’ve not heard many sermons on interpreting the Bible accurately – I can’t recall a single one in all my years of church attendance. Every Christian is expected to be a student of the Bible, yet we are not taught how to approach our study of God’s Word. Somehow, it is assumed that we’ll just figure it out ourselves. Consequently, most Christians frequently…
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The rebel soul that once withstood
The Saviour’s kindest call,
Rejoices now, by grace subdued.
To serve him with her all.
To place faith in dead saints and visit their “shrines” hoping for miraculous results is not Christianity as we find it in the New Testament.
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David’s clinging to God is made possible—and sustained—by God’s unwavering grip on him. The reason David can hold fast is because God first holds him fast.
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Because of what Jesus did on the cross, whatever suffering we go through here on this side of eternity is ‘easy’ suffering because we have been spared the greatest suffering of all, the punishment of our sins and eternal damnation.
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All we are like sheep.
We fell, we rebelled, and we hide for shame.
Herein we know His love was deep,
In spite of us, He calls us by name.
Peculiar Grace is a fellowship that exists to herald the Gospel of Jesus Christ through weekly Bible Studies and exposition of the Scriptures.
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