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Suffering Enables Us to Experience the Life of Grace I had been experiencing the life of grace for several months when my Bible reading brought me again to the “thorn-in-the-flesh” passage of 2 Corinthians 12:1–10. [ “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’…

“I will be to them a God, and they [believers in Jesus, the Messiah] shall be to Me a people” (Hebrews 8:10). The Old Covenant …There were two great defects in that old covenant, which arose out of the weakness of poor human nature; in the first place, it gave no power, no moral dynamics,…

“Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom…

I appreciate Jerry Dunn’s book, God is for the Alcoholic. This text gives helpful insights about the danger of drunkenness and principles to help the alcoholic spiritually and practically. Dunn asserts that the family of the one struggling with addiction need to forgive him and extend fellowship and support. “The first place the alcoholic should…

After October 31st Halloween was over, and do you know what that means? The stores will be filled with Christmas decorations! That’s right, nearly two full months before Christmas, there will be Christmas trees, nicely wrapped presents and pictures of elves and Santa Claus in stores everywhere. Stores put up these decorations for one reason…

A Response to What Mark? .. I appreciated the author’s description of God’s grace in redemption and the believer’s blessing of acceptance through being in Christ. A more complete answer to the title question would recognize that by definition “sin” (GK hamartano) means “to miss the mark.” Since the English word is used over 100…

…The spheres of family life, social life, church life, and national life are all visible, and they impress us with a vivid sense of our unity, as brothers, neighbors, fellow church members, fellow citizens. But, to a true child of God, the invisible bond that unites all believers to Christ is far more tender, and…

“Now when Daniel knew that the writing [the decree of King Darius prohibiting prayer to the LORD] was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom…

(Outline by John Woodward ) The ministry of Exchanged Life counseling needs to be understood in the context of God’s total plan for the believer (Rom 8:28-30). A. The Christian life begins at conversion and continues with discipleship. 1. The New birth. (Matt 16:26; John 3:3-16) 2. Spiritual growth. (1 Pet 2:4; 2 Pet 3:18)…

A missionary lady had endured emotional problems on the field that had negatively impacted her ministry and that of her husband. They had left the field after almost 20 years, and she came for help. In eliciting her history, she said her father had told her as she was growing up that she was not…