One of the earliest mentions of “the church” in the New Testament comes from the lips of Christ in Matthew 18. There, His first message to the church is for dealing with sin in the assembly. Like His parting words to the churches in Revelation 2–3, Christ’s instructions to His church are wholly concerned with the holiness and spiritual health of the church herself.
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Practice praising God as a family, and it will change the way you deal with circumstances and lighten the atmosphere in your home.
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When trying to make a fresh start, we need to keep in mind a few things. First of all, our goals need to be realistic and do-able. We don’t want to set ourselves up for failure by setting goals that we are unlikely to meet.
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"Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring my father here quickly.” Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.
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In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon started with his conclusion–that life under the sun is meaningless. To illustrate that point, he then gave a poem about the endless cycles we see around us, starting in verse 4 with the endless cycle of life. Solomon wrote, “A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.”
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Repentance is a key doctrine of Christian faith. From John the Baptist’s wilderness cry in the Gospels (Matt. 3:2, Mark 1:4, Luke 3:3) to Paul’s defense before King Agrippa (Acts 26:20) and beyond, it’s a regular topic of the New Testament’s teaching.
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We all are deeply saddened by the tragedy of the Titan submersible craft with five people aboard. We hoped they somehow might have survived, but then we discovered they had been gone for some time, due what was described as a “catastrophic implosion.”
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Dr. Dobson, the Lord answered prayer miraculously for my son when he was eight years old. He had open-heart surgery and survived without any permanent problems. But my husband was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, and we prayed for him night and day.
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Summer is filled with precious last memories. This is the summer before someone's child starts Kindergarten or bridges into High School. It's an emotional period of transition for the whole family. Author Karen Kingsbury has a best-selling book that's all about this called "Let Me Hold You Longer." As a mother, I am well aware of that bittersweet time when I prepared to take my child to college for the first time. Nostalgia fills the air ...
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I discovered early in my ministry that you cannot live at peace with a culture that is at odds with God. Men and women who want to experience a significant life must be willing to confront their culture with God's truth.
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