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Our Consuming Fire
BY GREG CRUM “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 Here in the book of Hebrews we read of our God being a consuming fire. Think about that for
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The man who had everything
BY JACK WARD Acts 4:10: “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.” This is the story of a man named
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Too much phone time
BY DAWN REED It seemed like a genius idea, and I felt efficient, filling every spare moment with something. Having a small computer in my hand for several hours a day, I wanted to be productive, not wasting a minute. There were people to text, email or message, Instagram memes to chuckle over and share.
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Our Jesus is Absolute Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?” John 5:44 People pleasers live a miserable quality of life. It’s a sad life, and I’ve seen it often, even among brothers and sisters in the Lord who struggle in an attempt
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The God challenge
BY JACK WARD Psalm 14:1: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” Those who reject the God of the Bible really have to admit that they just do not know for sure whether God is there or
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Celebrating the goodness of God
BY DAWN REED My beloved and I recently began celebrating special events with quesabirria tacos at our favorite Mexican restaurant. (Our friend Bubba Stewart got us hooked on them.) Quesabirria. We say it over and over, never getting it exactly right. It is a struggle to roll our “r’s.” Ignacio and Ariel patiently repeat the
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Our Jesus is Absolute Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
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What discourages you?
BY JACK WARD One in seven Christians is persecuted worldwide. In 2025, 4,849 Christians were martyred for simply trying to go to church or have a Bible in a Muslim or communist nation. The top 10 nations for Christian persecution are North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Libya and Iran. Notice all
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The hard work of Joseph of Arimathea
BY DAWN REED Hebrews 4:12 reminds us that the Bible is alive and active, meaning it applies to today, it applies to now. No matter how many times we read it, we can find something new and exciting – like buried treasure – hidden in the pages. It is not your grandmother’s big white coffee
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Our Jesus is Absolute
BY GREG CRUM “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17 Here in James, we read that with our God there is “no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” That phrase is a bit antiquated
