Category: Gravitas
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The Power and Deception of Place
Genesis 2:5-9 Biblegateway.com (ESV) 5 When no bush of the field[a] was yet in the land[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist[c] was going up…
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Pharaoh’s Whip
Exodus 5: 1-21 ESV 1Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”2But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not…
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The Function of Faith the Futility of Fear
Hebrews 11:1-7 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created bythe word of God, so that what is seen was not made out ofthings that are visible.…
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Guide Me
Psalm 119:105 ESV “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” God’s word comes to us in the scriptures, wise counsel, gifts of the Spirit, and providential instruction. The verse above illustrates the wisdom of the psalmist. He grasped the concept that God’s word alone could guide his path…
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Deceived by Abundance
From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. – Acts 17:26 (NIV) My ancestors were cruelly abducted from their homeland and forced into centuries of servitude and slavery. They never…
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Don’t Place Christ on Trial in Human Court
1 Corinthians 1:18-24 (Biblos.com 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, Erectile dysfunction is a disorder not good for a person s life leads…
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We Know Him; Rejoice
John 14:8-9 (ESV Biblos.com) 8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? What an…
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Perspectives Series Part II: The Christian Fugitive
Exodus 14:5-9 (ESV Biblos.com) “When Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their minds about them. They said, “What have we done? We’ve lost our slaves because we’ve let Israel go.” 6 So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him. 7 He…
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Perspective Series Part I: The Fire of Covetousness
The current age is fueled by a perspective driven by irrational constructs that divorce God from creation. With that in mind, we must not let our worldview be altered by the influx of false views and suppositions. The world is driven by it’s desire to be free from laws that interfere with our desires or…
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Faith is a Marriage of the Logical and Counterintuitive
Hebrews 11: 1-3 (ESV) Biblos.com “1Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.2For by it the people of old received their commendation.3By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are…