Tag: Christian
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Slightly Obsessed #183: He Knows Your Name
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. – John 10 All sheep look alike to me. Defenseless, timid, and nondescript creatures, they tend to wander and get into trouble. When one falls, it needs help to get back on…
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Slightly Obsessed #182: When Speaking the Truth Makes You the Enemy
So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? – Galatians 4:16 The apostle Paul loved the people of God. After his conversion to Christ, he spent his life not only establishing churches, but also ministering to their needs. He often had the unpleasant duty of confronting issues that threatened the fledgling church,…
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Slightly Obsessed #181: The Moment before the Moment of Revelation
God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then He said, ‘Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ He said also, ‘I am the God of your father, the…
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Slightly Obsessed #180: At the Brink
Now the LORD said to Abram, Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you. – Genesis 12:1 Today, the ancient Biblical town of Haran sits in ruins. But in the time of Abram, later given the new name of Abraham, it…
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Slightly Obsessed #179: He’s Alive!
I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. -Revelation 1:18 Israel prayed for a Messiah, but God arrived. They yearned for freedom from Rome, but He offered them deliverance from themselves. They looked for a…
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Slightly Obsessed #178: The Nuclear Option
If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. – John 14:28 Nuclear reaction: A process, such as fission, fusion, or radioactive decay, in which the structure of an atomic nucleus is altered through release of energy or mass or by being broken…
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Slightly Obsessed #176: Why Noah Should Matter to Us
Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. – Genesis 6:22 Noah had already lived much of his life when God called him to build the ark. He was not a young man when the fate of humanity was placed upon his shoulders. It was a fearful…
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Slightly Obsessed #174 Your Lord Is Coming: Like the Days of Noah, Part 4
Then the LORD said to Noah, ‘Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.’ – Genesis 7:1 The Bible paints a picture of the days prior to Noah’s flood as one of a generation lost. In a world filled with…
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Slightly Obsessed #173: Your Lord Is Coming: Like the Days of Noah, Part 3
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. – Hebrews 11:5 (Berean Study Bible) The Enoch Generation A discussion of Noah’s flood as it speaks to…
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Slightly Obsessed #172: Your Lord Is Coming: Like the Days of Noah, Part 2
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. – Genesis 6:5 Theories abound on the timing and manner of the return of Jesus Christ. It’s not hard to find Scriptures to support opposing viewpoints, and…
