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Gospel Meat

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Pete

The writer to the Hebrews is wrapping up his treatise on the superiority of Christ. He is penning his last words to those who are struggling to fully know the freedom they have in Christ, being told by those still … Continue reading →

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On Added Days and Sins Behind the Back

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Pete

A story I came across in my Isaiah reading this morning made me smile. Not that it was a funny or amusing or light story. But that it was a story that reminded that God cannot be put into a … Continue reading →

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Prevailing Grace

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Pete

There are just some things that you expect to go together . . . some cause and effect things that just make sense. Turn up the heat and you expect the house to get warm. Drink too much coffee and … Continue reading →

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Honoring the Maker

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Pete

This past Sunday, a number of our students reported out on their experiences on a recent missions trip. In past years the annual missions trip has targeted international destinations . . . most commonly Mexico. But this year God led … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Pete

So different . . . and yet so much the same. In time we are separated by three millennia. In terms of relative rank he was a king of a great nation, I was once the boss of a pretty … Continue reading →

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Royal Grace

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Pete

Finished up 2Kings this morning. Kind of sad when you pause and reflect how what had started out so well with the promises of God, ended up so bleakly with the prisons of Assyria and Babylon. Talk about your roller … Continue reading →

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Seek Your Servant

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Pete

You’d think that after 175 verses of extolling the Word of God . . . after 22 stanzas singing of the dynamics associated with the promises, precepts, and testimonies of the LORD . . . that after all that, there’d … Continue reading →

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A Current Truth

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Pete

It wasn’t that they deserved it. Nor that they were going to get their act together and, perhaps, some day deserve it. But it was because of another . . . and the promise made to him . . . … Continue reading →

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Windows in Heaven

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Pete

The situation was desperate. Samaria had been besieged by the king of Syria (2Kings 6:24). Nobody gets out of the city. Nobody gets in. More importantly, nothing gets in. Not food . . . not water . . . nor … Continue reading →

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A Dinner Invitation

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Pete

In many ways it’s kind of a confusing story. Not the part about the man of God sent to King Jeroboam to pronounce judgment on the king for his idolatrous leadership of the northern kingdom. That part’s pretty clear. The … Continue reading →

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