Michael

Bring to Nothing

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Turning Human Wisdom Upside Down as the World Races toward its Climax Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 1:18–19 (MSG) The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hell-bent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most … Read more

Faith Under Pressure

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James 1:19–21 (MSG) Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So, throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you … Read more

Righteous Anger

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Psalm 4:4 ESV “Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds and be silent.” Righteous anger is being angry at all the things that oppose God—unrighteousness, evil, idolatry, impurity, and sin—in the world without being motivated by sin. Unrighteous anger is based on self-righteousness, where a person becomes angry … Read more

You Have Been Set Free

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John 8:36 “So, if the son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.” I’m going to use a note from John MacArthur’s study bible to begin this discussion: “8:35, 36 The notion of slavery in v. 34 moves to the status of slaves. While the Jews thought of themselves … Read more