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How to Keep Your Money Safe From Paula White’s Troubling Numbers

Posted on January 8, 2018 by

Paula White is telling people they can have a good 2018 if they give God the firstfruits of their wages at the outset of the year. You could give a month’s salary as she tries to do, but admits that … Continue reading →

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Judas Iscariot – Jesus’ Friend with a Good Example

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

There’s no getting around it: Judas Iscariot, hand-picked by Jesus to be one of his closest disciples, was a bad apple. Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped … Continue reading →

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Pilate’s Wife – a gospel woman worth remembering

Posted on March 31, 2016 by

Originally posted on Challenging Tertullian:
Let’s just say this: Too many women go unnamed in the Bible. You know what I mean? While it’s true that some men are not identified (the paralytic in Mark 2:1-12 comes to mind), it seems…

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The Truth about Stories with Happy Endings

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

Sit a spell and listen to a story, one of discovery and loss, wonder and woe: Brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it? Sniff, sniff. I miss that overcoat. Getting Better There are people who will pursue a sad ending … Continue reading →

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The Darkest of Deeds on that First Good Friday

Posted on March 25, 2016 by

A dark deed … and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. (Acts 2:23.) … led to calling this day Good Friday … Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, … Continue reading →

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Jesus and the Church Growth Gurus

Posted on November 4, 2015 by

The life of the Church is not mega-churches and it’s not house-churches. It’s not a matter of planting your church in a carefully selected location that fits a target demographic for optimal growth potential, and it’s not small congregations holding steady … Continue reading →

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Of Saviors, Crosses and Being Dead

Posted on August 4, 2013 by

I’ll never be your Savior. If I died on a cross, I’d just be dead. I need a Savior. Josh Fuller, Pastor of Young Adults Valley Church, Vacaville CA

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The Darkest Sabbath

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

The Bible has no words of what anyone did that Sabbath following on the heels of Jesus’ murder. Not a single word. We have no record of what the disciples did, who his mother Mary stayed with, how the temple … Continue reading →

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It Is Finished

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

A dark deed … and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. (Acts 2:23.) … led to calling this day Good Friday … Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, … Continue reading →

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