Archive for October 2017
The Cross and the Overcoming Life
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world,but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4,5). . There is only one Overcomer in the universe, and that is the Lord Jesus…
Read MoreFrom Faith to Faith, Part 1
“For in it [the gospel] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’” When I was a teenager I rode in some motorcycle enduro events. An enduro is a rally covering about 90 miles of wood trails, dirt roads, creek-crossings and “you-name-it”. The…
Read MoreA Guest for Supper
“Simon Peter said to them [the other Disciples], ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We are going with you also.’ They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know…
Read MoreA Bondservant of Christ
“For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that all those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised for their sake. So from now on we…
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