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Jesus – Sin or A Sin Offering?

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2 Corinthians 5:20-21, “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” […]

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Open Your Eyes

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I do not like heights. My wife and I were driving home one day and saw men working on a cell phone tower that must have been about 300 to 400 feet tall. They were dangling by harnesses but they didn’t seem to be afraid. I do not envy people who work in high places. […]

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Jesus In All The Scriptures

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Several years ago on a trip to Israel, Julie and I were able to go to the road leading to Emmaus from Jerusalem. I remember how beautiful it was in the particular spot where the guide explained how it was thought to be the approximate place where, after His resurrection, Jesus had walked with two […]

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One Flesh

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A verse of scripture that is sometimes taken out of context and used to implement a married life of domination of a husband over his wife is Ephesians 5:22-23 which states, “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head […]

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“When He sees the blood . . . . .” Exodus 12:22

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There is a saying about the Bible that goes like this, “The new in the old concealed, the old in the new revealed”.   That may not make sense to someone reading it for the first time, but it’s talking about the two divisions of the Bible, the Old Testament, and the New Testament.   […]