For the Lord’s Day (2)

Philemon 
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy, our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow-worker and Apphia, our sister, and Archippus, our fellow-soldier, and the church in your house: grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.I thank my God always, when I remember you in my prayers, because [...]

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For the Lord’s Day (1)

Psalm 92
A psalm.  A song for the Sabbath.
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
To declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,
To the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
For you, O Lord, [...]

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The End of History

Here’s another one of my favorite Bible passages:
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.  [...]

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God’s Wisdom, Human “Wisdom”

One of my favorite passages of Scripture:
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing but, to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.  For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart,” [Isaiah 29:14]  [...]

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The Most Important Paragraph Ever Written…

…according to the Australian New Testament scholar and author, Leon Morris (1914-2006):
But, now, the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it – the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.  For, there is no distinction: for all [...]

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