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Psalm 94; Luke 6:27–36; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 Bless your enemies. Except “bless” means something more than just be nice or even help them. “Bless” means to ask for God’s divine favor to come on them. We all want blessings, but we are being called to…

Malachi 4:5–6; Matthew 17:10–13; John 1:19–28 Jesus said that John was Elijah. John said he wasn’t Elijah. Who was right? The question is, who is Elijah? The other question is, who’s asking? First of all, let’s talk about Malachi’s words. Malachi prophesied that Elijah would…

Numbers 12:4–9; Matthew 13:10–17; Luke 18:31–34 There is an ongoing tension between the mysteries of God and the revelations of God. There are many people that struggle with God because it seems so much is hidden. In the beginning, the church struggled with people who…

Matthew 25:14–30; Luke 19:12–27 (read online ⧉) If you’re like most people in the US, you have a retirement account. If you’ve retired, the stock market swings may not affect you very much, except for secondary investments. If you are not retired or have other…

Acts 17:22–31; 1 Peter 3:13–4:6 (read online ⧉) Worship. We view this as a core function of what we are to do as Christians. We worship the one true God, who is mysteriously Three-in-One. In some respects, and more practically, worship is acting in a…