May 22 2012 Written by RELEVANT

May 22nd, 2012

Rejoicing While Suffering Disgrace

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
  Acts 5:41 ESV 

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May 21 2012 Written by RELEVANT

May 21st, 2012

Taming Our Traditions

And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men."
     Mark 7:6-8 ESV 

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May 17 2012 Written by RELEVANT

May 17th, 2012

The Dilemma of Loving Your Neighbor

By Brian LePort

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
 Matthew 22:37-40 NIV

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May 16 2012 Written by RELEVANT

May 16th, 2012

Joy in Jesus

"And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete."
      1 John 1:4 NIV 

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May 15 2012 Written by RELEVANT

May 15th, 2012

It's All About Perspective

"...but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
  Nehemiah 2:3 NIV

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May 14 2012 Written by Jonathan Sigmon

May 14th, 2012

In Pursuit

By Jonathan Sigmon

"... Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
  Romans 8:39 TNIV

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May 11 2012 Written by Jonathan Sigmon

May 11th, 2012

It's Good to Be Scared

By Jonathan Sigmon

I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.
   1 Corinthians 2:3-5 TNIV

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May 10 2012 Written by Winn Collier

May 10th, 2012

Holy Abandon

By Winn Collier

"But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
     1 Peter 1:15-16 TNIV

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May 9 2012 Written by Russ Masterso

May 9th, 2012

Is God Brutal?

By Russ Masterson

God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
     Romans 3:25-26 NIV 

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May 8 2012 Written by RELEVANT

May 8th, 2012

Rest from the Hectic

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling.
     Isaiah 30:15 ESV 

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