The Bible and Life
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The Inconvenient Light
Two thousand years ago, the Light entered the world and unsettled the religious establishment, exposing the rot hidden beneath their rhetoric and practices. Enraged, they crucified Him. That same Light still exposes our…
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The Desert Stands Between Egypt and Promiseland
The enslaved Israelites were freed from Pharaoh’s chains, leaving Egypt with hopes of reaching the land of “milk and honey." Yet the only way to reach the Promised Land was by braving 40…
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The Crucible of Sanctification: Death as the Gateway to Renewal
Christian salvation is a three-phase process: justification, sanctification, and glorification. God’s will for Christians is to focus on the second phase. This involves confronting our sins and flaws, which Jesus carried on the…
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Propagating God’s Waves of Blessings
We all approach God with the expectation to be blessed by Him. Indeed, the Creator lavishly gifts us with his presence, promises, instructions, reprimands, and material abundance – all intended to enrich our…
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The Needed Ephiphany
Paul refers to the Gospel of Christ as the unveiled “treasure” (2 Cor. 4:7) for which he denounced his long-held pharisaic ideology; went against the powerful Jewish establishment; endured unbearable physical, mental, and…