2 Peter 1:4-7 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. There’s a subtle teaching penetrating the evangelical churches, undetected by many. Spiritual Formation is the ...
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Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Immanuel = “God with us” or “with us is God” Jesus had to come to earth and be born by ordinary means. For him ...
Read More »God’s Amazing Grace
The hymn, Amazing Grace, is one of the most popular songs of all time. It is sung or played at funerals and even at secular concerts. The text was written by John Newton in 1772. Before his conversion to the Christian faith, he was a slave trader, during which time he had ...
Read More »North Wisconsin Christmas
Come with me to the heart and mind of a teenager experiencing Christmas in North Wisconsin. This is not a modern Christmas, but rather Christmas as experienced in the 1940s and 50s. We expected Christmas to be cold with lots of snow. If it wasn’t, what a disappointment. The white ...
Read More »Victorious In Battles On Our Knees
Judges 5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. The Bible doesn’t really get into great details or specifics about Deborah. She is referred to as a prophetess, and a highly recognized and esteemed judge ...
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