During a ski outing in Colorado several years ago, snow had fallen heavily.  I skied into a patch of deep snow late in the day and was instantly buried up to my chest.  I struggled to get out, but my struggling just seemed to make it worse.  As the minutes wore on, I became exhausted. …

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Ephesians 2:4-9 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,…

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The most succinct definition of the gospel is found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.  For…

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Defining Wisdom The following is a good definition of wisdom: “the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment” (Oxford Dictionaries) That said, the following definition adds deeper insight: wisdom is “knowing the end of a thing from the beginning” While it is impossible (for humans)…

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Jesus had a body (Luke 24:39, John 20:24-26, Matthew 24:30, Acts 1:9) while on earth.  The apostle John wrote that “The Word became flesh”, John 1:14. This fact established, the question still persists:  does Jesus currently have a body? In 1 John 4:2, the apostle John wrote “By this you know the Spirit of God:…

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