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Ian

Same Change, Different Day

Galatians 1:21–2:10 (read online ⧉) The church often states that the message from God has never changed. That's not entirely accurate. God's amazing grace was before all and in all. God's expression of grace was certainly in multiple forms from Adam to Jacob's (Israel's) sons.

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Ian

You Can't Make Me!

Ephesians 5:19–6:9 (read online ⧉) This passage Ephesians, like many other books and verses of the Bible, has often been abused and misconstrued. Of course, the big one is the group of verses about wives. Often abused and misused. Men would use those verses as…

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Ian

Posture of Power

1 Corinthians 2:1–5, Ephesians 3:14–19 (read online ⧉) Power makes a difference. We all acknowledge that. Whether it is political power, military power, law enforcement power, boss power, parental power, and even spouse power. Power is a part of every relationship. Even in relationships of…

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Ian

Really Seeing. Really Caring

John 1:29–42, Luke 4:16–30, 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 (read online ⧉) "Sunday Christians" may be a term you are familiar with. It is a term that conveys that a person who looks all clean on the outside on Sunday, is filthy inside the rest of the…

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Ian

Who Will Follow?

Exodus 24:13–18, 1 Kings 19:19–21, Luke 5:1–11, Ephesians 4:11–14 (read online ⧉) If you really think about it, there are very few true mentoring examples in the Scriptures. We are called to pass on the faith, but we often think about our children first. We…

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