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Continue reading →: Shootout at the Spring
Shootout at the Spring Episode Twenty-three A loud boom echoed out of the trees growing along the creek. Both men looked at each other, knowing it was the rancher’s shotgun. “I hope he hasn’t killed anyone,” Chad said. “Especially not the sheriff.” “No, I want the sheriff alive. He’s going…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 19 “Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.” Paul has four distinct ways to describe the enemies of the cross of Christ. Their failure to follow the Christ sets them up for a disastrous…
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Continue reading →: Who Am I?
Who Am I? That should be an easy question to answer but often it isn’t because we hide the truth of who we are. We might even hide the truth from ourselves. We can pretend for so long that we forget who we are. That may be James point in…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 18 “For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.” Without a doubt this is a sad verse. We are not surprised that it brought the strong-minded Apostle to tears. He loved Jesus…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 17 “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.” In I Corinthians 11:1 Paul wrote, “Be imitators of me as I am of Christ.” That is his message to the Philippians as well. The New…
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the Spring
Shootout at the Spring Episode Twenty-two Marshal Pennington could not see Bill Pearson in the darkness, but he could hear him. It was tough to listen to. No doubt the wound was festering and the pain numbing. There was nothing he nor anyone else could do. They were exposed to…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 16 “Only let us hold true to what we have attained.” As things come up seek God’s direction but as to what we have already learned, hold on to it. No new gospel is needed or wanted. The Philippians’ walk, under Paul’s teaching and the Holy Spirit’s guidance…
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Continue reading →: Work of the Spirit
Work of the Spirit When you rise from the water of baptism, a new creation in Christ, you are born into a kind of warfare like you have never known. Peter says you have an adversary who is like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. The Devil and…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 15 “Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.” Paul’s statement is a second plural imperative. It’s not all of you, it’s those of us. He sets the way as a mature…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 14 “…I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Paul’s repeated claim of pressing on toward the goal tells us that he did not view his salvation to be a done deal. Not that Christ would back down…
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