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By Your Patience Possess Your Souls

In Luke 21 Christ is talking to His disciples who have asked Him what the sign will be that "these things" are about to take place.  The time of the end is the context: Nations are rising up against nations, kingdom against kingdom. There are famines, pestilences and great earthquakes in various places. As we go further away from these beginning signs which we can observe today itā€™s going to get more difficult for Godā€™s people as the end times draw nearer. It becomes more intensely … [Read more...] about By Your Patience Possess Your Souls

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The Path From Belief to Conviction

The word ā€œconvictionā€ is a powerful word in our language.  It conjures up ideas of not only a guilty verdict from a courtroom setting, but also a solid or firmly held belief, as in the idea that people should be convicted of what they believe.  Vocabulary.com explains this word: ā€œA conviction is something certain: a judgment of guilty in court and a strong belief are both convictions.  In the legal world, when a judge or jury convicts someone of a crime ā€” finding them guilty ā€” … [Read more...] about The Path From Belief to Conviction

Overcome Evil With Good

Lifeā€™s difficulties, as many have experienced, arise from various possible angles. Sometimes we cause our own difficulties through poor decisions.  However, trials also come through other people. Not necessarily from something we did to deserve it. But, wham!  We get hit hard because of what somebody else does to us, often because their way of life is in opposition to ours. It becomes a tangled web, a path of carnage.  People get caught in the middle and have profound effects on … [Read more...] about Overcome Evil With Good

True Peace

Most people on the planet prefer peace in relationships, in finances and from government interference. Fortunately, peace is especially important to God. From His perspective peace is closely connected to the concept of reconciliation. Something that God has always desired for humanity. God tells us that those who develop the qualities of "peacemaker" will be blessed (Matthew 5:9). Individually we may have little to no power to influence peace between nations; however, we can have power … [Read more...] about True Peace

Godly Respect

While a large majority of people would agree that respect is a crucial factor in society, the lack of respect ā€“ disrespect ā€“ continues to increase in the world around us. Two areas of society where disrespect is most witnessed are education and politics.  But disrespect permeates all areas of society, not only in the U.S., but around the globe. Personal relationships are severed by divisive arguments instead of healed through respectful discussions.   Interestingly, God's way to … [Read more...] about Godly Respect

When Pentecost Arrived

A miracle is a surprising and welcome event that is not explained by natural or scientific laws and therefore attributed to the work of a divine agency, a work of God. After His resurrection, Christ commanded His disciples to stay in Jerusalem ā€œuntil you are clothed with power from on highā€ (Luke 24:49 ESV). Interestingly, several miracles "from power on high" took place on that Day of Pentecost. The first miracle was a sound like a ā€œmighty rushing windā€ (Acts 2:1-2). It was startling. … [Read more...] about When Pentecost Arrived

Remaining Steadfast

Godā€™s Church is central to His plan of salvation for all mankind as a precursor of the ā€œpouring outā€ of His Holy Spirit on all humanity. But that profound impact is difficult to grasp because the Churches are mostly ignored by the world today. What can we do now to ensure that we stay strong and donā€™t fall prey to discouragement? There is a process to help us succeed. The beginning of the book of James gets right to it: ā€œMy brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, … [Read more...] about Remaining Steadfast