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December 28
CHRIST the MYSTERY: “Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Tim 3:16). We have invested a full year exploring the wonders of Christ. Yet surely we have only begun. It is “eternal life,” said He, to know Him (see Jn 17:3). Who can plumb the depths of…
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December 28 Petition Mission
“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work” (2 Thess 2:16-17). Does the Spirit miss out on these delightful ministries to us? Of course not!…
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December 28
I was a young preacher, visiting with the old veteran Welcome Detweiler of Durham, NC. We were sitting in a diner as the waitress came to our table. After she had taken our orders, Mr. Detweiler said, “When you have a minute, I have a question.” Good move, I thought. It will stir her curiosity…
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December 27
The UNRESTRICTED CHRIST: “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Rom 8:32). With Christ, it’s all or nothing. When we are without Him, no matter how large our bank account, we are bankrupt. With Him,…
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December 27 Petition Mission
“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mk 14:38). A steamboat was stranded in the Mississippi River, and the captain couldn’t get her off a sandbar. Eventually a rough-looking fellow came on board and said, “Captain, I understand you’re looking for a pilot to…
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December 27
David Gooding comments on the repentant thief: Personally he had never thought much of kings, had never felt like obeying any of them. But a King who would pray forgiveness for the very men who were spiking His hands and feet to a cross…you could respect a King like that. He wouldn’t mind being in…