The hidden sermon
1 Peter 3:18-20 NKJV For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, [19] by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, [20] who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. What was Jesus doing after His physical
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The voice of the mob
Luke 23:18-23 NLT Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill Him, and release Barabbas to us!" [19] (Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.) [20] Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus. [21] But they kept shouting, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" [22] For the third time he demanded, "Why? What crime has He committed? I have found no reason to sentence H
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"The Fall" is foundational
Romans 5:12 NLT When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Genesis 2:15-17 GW Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to farm the land and to take care of it. [16] The LORD God commanded the man. He said, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden. [17] But you must never eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because when you eat from it, you will certainly d
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The Prime Foundation
Genesis 1:1 NKJV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. In the beginning God... That's the first and fundamental foundation of belief, that in the beginning, before anything else, there was God. What does the atheist man say? The most widely accepted scientific theory for the origin of the world (universe) is the Big Bang Theory, which posits that the universe expanded from an extremely hot, dense singularity (although no one can identify that singularity) ap
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Destroying foundations
Psalm 11:3 NKJV If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do? A couple of days ago a court case in Finland took a mighty sledgehammer to the foundations of free speech: "In a narrow 3–2 decision, the Finnish Supreme Court has found parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen guilty of “hate speech” on one charge relating to the expression of her beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a 20-year-old church pamphlet. The long serving parliamentarian and former Minister of the
Mar 272 min read
A different spirit
Numbers 14:19-24 NKJV Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now." [20] Then the LORD said: "I have pardoned, according to your word; [21] but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD- [22] because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten tim
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Immutable plans
Psalm 33:10-11 NKJV The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. [11] The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. With the Middle East war raging, we hear of many plans from different nations. The UN makes its proclamations of International Law, secreted in New York, far from flying bombs- what do they know of trouble? What good is their croocked wisdom and counsel? The UK prime m
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