Category: Gravitas
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Reticence: A Modern Parable and Poem
John bid his wife a quiet goodbye with a kiss on the cheek And so started his day going about with good deeds And as all of the neighbors had come to expect He delivered gifts, food, and even small checks John was a mystery to quite a few who saw him about…
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The Self Deception of Demarcation
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (ESV) Christ the Wisdom and Power of God 18For 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. 19For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning…
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The God of Blindness, His Children, and Their Works
2nd Corinthians 4:4 (ESV) “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.” Paul Matthew 15:14 (NIV) “Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”…
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The Sufficiency of the Life within
Hebrews 7:14-16 English Stand (ESV)
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A Defiant Humility: The Paradox of Meekness
Matthew 5:5 (ESV) Blessed are the Meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Romans 12:18 (ESV) If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all Numbers 12:3 NIV (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) Matthew 11:29 NIV Take my…
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Your Calling and the Competency Testimony
Proverbs 22:29 (ESV biblegateway.com) 29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. Nehemiah 4:1-3 (ESV bibleateway.com) Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brothers…
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The Fullness of Time: Be Mindful of Your Visitation
Galatians 4:4-5 ESV “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” Reading a passage of scripture is like nothing else we experience as believers. Our hearts are often full of…
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Dead Works: The Trinity of Power, Deception and Compliance
John 5:39-47 ESV (Biblehub.com) “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,40yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.41I do not receive glory from people.42But I know that you do not have the love of God…
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Christian Marriage: A Constancy in a World of Relational Instability
Ephesians 5:22-33 22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 25Husbands, love your…
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It’s Never Too Late to Start
Matthew 20:1-16 ESV Biblehub Laborers in the Vineyard 1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.2After agreeing with the laborers for a denariusa a day, he sent them into his vineyard.3And going out about the third hour he…