From Questions, Two Applications
Trivia anyone?? How many chapters are in the Bible? Any guesses? What would you say? 800...900...1000...1100...*1189*...1200...1300? (Sorry I had to give SEVEN options since we are discussing Revelation). Yep, you guessed it...1189 chapters of wonderful words of life. With that number in mind consider this: When we jump to Revelation 20 over a cup of …
In parts of the world today, and much of the ancient, during harvest wheat farmers pile up what was gathered. They would then throw it into the air where the wind would carry away the chaff (husk like material). The wheat would fall back down. After a long process the pile would be left with …
It has been said that the 1,000 year reign as spoken of in Revelation 20, and commonly called The Millennium, is a thousand years of peace that everyone loves to argue about. And oh isn't that true. Christians of the West not only like to argue about it but do so often and in groups. …
It's Sunday morning, 10am, thirty minutes until the service begins. I still have six slides to complete for the power point, bulletins to print and cut, but I have no one to set them out in the pews...so I will have to make sure it gets done as well...my brain is foggy and body tired …
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Have you ever set aside that which was important to you for something greater? Time spent on you instead given to another. Fifty dollars that you needed was given to someone in need. Maybe it was more than setting aside, it was you willfully losing forever that precious part of your life? No one took …
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Have you ever suffered? I am not looking for anything rare or severe. Have you in your personal experience suffered? It may have been on or in your body. Maybe it was emotionally, financially, relationally, mentally, spiritually...the human experience is so vast it really is impossible to make an exhaustive list, yet I hope you …
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Jesus taught his disciples in Mark 9:35, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." Before we look closer at that verse we need to realize a couple of things about its surroundings. This is the second explicit statement Jesus has made regarding discipleship. Earlier in 8:34 …
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You might have guessed from the title that this post will be reminiscent of Christmas. With that said let me put forward a commonly asked question: Were the "Wise Men" at the stable the night Jesus was born or did they visit months later? Maybe you have heard this question. But is it the right …
This post being a continuation will not have an introduction (if you have not read part 1 please go read the first eight paragraphs). But in short we saw in the previous post how God has a variety of ways in which he explains his kingdom. The variations span across the canon of scripture. As …
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What is your favorite candy? How about favorite place to go...or favorite music? (A. Moser Roth Dark Chocolate; B. Philips Ave. Sioux Falls; C. Hymns done in a Celtic style...one of my favorite music forms anyway) So what are yours? Now whatever it is I am sure of one thing regarding what you picked...if you …
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The Reforming Raker 