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Ian

Evangelizing the Body

Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 25:15, Isaiah 40:10–14, Matthew 12:11–21 (read online ⧉) The mission statement of the Church of the Nazarene is, "to make Christ-like disciples in all nations." In case you've forgotten, though you probably haven't, one of the tasks of Christians is to make…

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Ian

To Flourish

Psalm 52, Colossians 1:3–14, 2 Peter 1:3–15 (read online ⧉) "But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God…" Psalm 52:8 (CSB) Being and becoming a flourishing olive tree should be our goal. We, of course, are not trees. We are,…

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Ian

Pull Me Up

Exodus 17:1–7, Numbers 20:1–13, John 7:37–39 (read online ⧉) By and large, Americans do not understand the gift of clean and readily available water. Even during droughts, currently, people in places like California still can turn on the water in their homes, and get a…

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Ian

Synaxis of John the Baptist

John 1:24-34, John 3:27–30 (read online ⧉) John the Baptist is one of those interesting characters of Scripture. He wore camel hair and ate locust-honey “cakes”. He called everyone to repent. People came from miles around to see him, and many were baptized by him.

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Ian

Fearing or Embracing the End

Joel 2:1–11, Mark 13:1–8, Mark 13:32–33 (read online ⧉) “We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will come again; that we who are alive at His coming shall not precede them that are asleep in Christ Jesus; but that, if we are abiding in Him,…

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