i just squeaked under the wire this year paying my taxes, and right in the middle of my week of trying to get them done, i read this: Mark 12.13-17 Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. When they had come, they said to [...]

2 sermons about CHANGE, both preached at the temple gate in Jerusalem, about 650 years apart: jeremiah 7.2-8 “Stand at the gate of the LORD’s house and there proclaim this message: “‘Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD. This is what the [...]

people think of all religions as different ways to be a better person. but consider how the living God sees things: this temporary life we live is just the trying grounds for his eternity. there really is no point in having any faith in God at all if you don’t believe in and take hold [...]

1 corinthians 6.17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. psalm 86.11 Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. psalm 119.36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. hebrews 5.13-14 For everyone who partakes [...]

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deuteronomy 8.3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. job 23.12 [...]

ecclesiastes 12.1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth. ecclesiastes 10.10 If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but wisdom brings success. ecclesiastes 8.4 Where the word of a king is, there is power. isaiah 50.4-5 The Lord GOD has given [...]

psalm 29.7 The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. job 33.14 For God speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it. hebrews 12.25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, [...]

matthew 16.13-15 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that [...]

1 john 4.1-2 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. psalm 115.4-8 Their idols [...]