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Paul begins his first letter to Timothy with a reminder of his charge to his disciple to safeguard the church from the false teachers that were present in Ephesus, outlining some of the problems in their erroneous interpretations of the Mosaic law (1:1–11). The issue of false teaching remains the apostle’s chief concern even though […]

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Posted on: June 11, 2021 - 12:00PM

A man was filling out a job application when he came to the question “Have you ever been arrested?” He wrote, “No.” The next question, intended for people who had answered “Yes” to the previous question, was “Why?” The applicant answered it anyway: “I never got caught.” He evidently knew he was guilty of plenty! […]

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Posted on: June 4, 2021 - 12:00PM

Jaime Owens, in a letter to his congregation at Tremont Temple Baptist Church: “How can we protect sound doctrine? First and foremost, by filling our church with it. God’s truth is never as vulnerable as when it’s rarely received. For us, the danger isn’t that the Word will go unpreached; rather, it’s that we’ll fail […]

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Posted on: May 28, 2021 - 12:00PM

[Paul, writing to Timothy says] at the end of verse two. “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Paul points Timothy to the resources of Christian ministry as his encouragement. Timothy, you’re my true son in the Lord. Now here’s where you need to look for your resources: to […]

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Posted on: May 21, 2021 - 12:00PM

[Concerning Psalm 51:10]:  This verse was David’s prayer as he confessed his sins to the Lord. Sin defiles the heart. You may say, “Well, no one can see that. David didn’t look any different after he sinned.” But when your heart is defiled, everything is defiled. Solomon wrote, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for […]

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Posted on: May 14, 2021 - 12:00PM

“…There were some people [in Israel] who thought that when they were bringing a sacrifice, it was somehow doing God a favor. Now, in so doing, they’d made two mistakes: One, they’d misunderstood why God gave the sacrificial system. The reason the sacrificial system is there is because we need something! We need forgiveness. And that […]

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Posted on: May 7, 2021 - 12:00PM

Psalm 49’s theme includes the futility of living for this world’s possessions, status, and fame, in light of the certainty of death. It is a “wisdom” psalm, similar in theme to Psalms 37 and 73. Rather than focusing directly on praise to God, the psalm gives instruction that—if we heed it—will ultimately result in praise to God. It […]

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Posted on: April 30, 2021 - 12:00PM

[Let us] consider verses 12 through 14, the fourth part of this Psalm. And this is a challenge to the congregation: the worshipers have now declared their remembrance of what they learned about God in the midst of corporate worship in the temple. Now comes a challenge: it’s a challenge from those who were leading […]

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Posted on: April 23, 2021 - 12:00PM

Some things in the Bible are intuitive. Many statements in Proverbs, for example, could easily be discovered by personal experience (e.g., the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, Prov. 30:33). But some things in Scripture are so mind-bending that we’d probably never believe them if God hadn’t inspired them. The relationship between God’s sovereignty and […]

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Posted on: April 16, 2021 - 12:00PM

There’s something about this Psalm that goes beyond itself. It’s talking about God ruling and reigning, and it’s talking about Him, in the context of some victory or other that’s been won. But you and I both know as we read this Psalm that it says something beyond itself. And we are living on the […]

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Posted on: April 9, 2021 - 6:42PM