• A Few Thoughts About Hell

    Modern views B1 Restored Church of God: C1 The most common image of people “roasting in hell” pictures a God willing to burn people for all eternity without ever totally burning them up. Apart from what the scriptures teach, ask yourself, what kind of God is capable of this? Modern…

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  • A Few Thoughts About Exposing Sin

    1 Corinthians 5:1-7 WEL It is commonly reported that there is sexual sin among you, and such sexual sin as is not even mentioned among the Gentiles that one should have his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud of this? You should have mourned instead, so that he who…

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  • A Few Thoughts About Bible Principles

    And from examples of success and failure. From 1 Samuel 1-2:11 The people B1 Eli B2 Eli’s sons Hophni and Phinehas B3 Elkanah, husband to Hannah and Peninnah B4 Hannah B5 Peninnah B6 God The setting B1 Shiloh, the first center of Israelite worship in the Promised Land. A comment…

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  • A Few Thoughts About the Crosses of Golgotha

    John 19:16-18 NRSV Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus; 17 and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others,…

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  • Devotional Notes Psalm 133+John 21

    MORNING Psalm133 B1 What does this mean? C1 The beauty of Christian unity. D1 John 10:16 GNB There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one…

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  • Devotional Notes Psalm 132+John 20

    MORNING Psalm132 B1 What does this mean? C1 David’s care of the Ark D1 Hardships Compare 1 Samuel 17-30. E1 Promises in hardship See 2 Samuel 7. E2 Desire for proper worship F1 In the days prior to Messiah coming, proper worship was in Jerusalem. F2 When Messiah came even…

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  • Devotional Notes Psalm 131+John 19

    MORNING Psalm131 B1 What does this mean? C1 This is a Psalm of honesty. C2 He is not bragging about doing or being right. He is just telling the truth. People can use the same words but have a different attitude and motive for those words. Telling the truth with…

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  • Devotional Notes Psalm 130+John 18

    MORNING Psalm 130 B1 What does this mean? C1 Prayer D1 The Hebrew word depths is מַעֲמָק maʻămâq. It means here the depths of distress (TWOT). Compare: Psalms 69:2 NRSV I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps…

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