The Ten Commandments elicit varied responses, but each viewpoint boils down to either slavery or freedom. Which lens will you use?
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Do the names, Invocavit, Reminiscere, Oculi, Laetare, and Judica, mean anything to you? For most of you, I’m guessing they don’t.
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Did you happen to see the story in the news a while back about the completion of the Tzitz? “The what?” you may be asking.
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Which commandment is the hardest one to keep? Maybe kids think it’s the fourth commandment, honoring their father and mother.
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Jesus is our Praying High Priest! In this short section of Hebrews 5, he teaches us three comforts we have because of his prayers as our high priest.
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A prisoner on death row is facing his last appeal. He sits in the courtroom just waiting. Suddenly, the door at the rear of the court flies open and in walks the sharpest dressed man he’s ever seen.
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The decline of nominal Christianity is not the end of the Church. It is an opportunity to highlight the value of following our Savior by gladly paying the cost of discipleship.
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The picture up on the screen doesn’t really do it justice—in my mind anyway. I guess I always imagined it differently. But that’s kind of the way it is about anything fantastic, isn’t?
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What do see at a baptism? Look through the eyes of faith, and you will see that the Word, through the washing with water, will be applying the benefits of baptism.
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A friend of a friend was in the market for a refrigerator. She wasn’t married to any particular name brand or color. There was only one thing the fridge had to have: an ice-cube and water dispenser.
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