Month: February 2023
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Listen and/or Obey
Editors’s Note: Dr. Weaver’s sermon this week struck a chord even deeper than usual. You may view the video by going to this link and entering the passcode ww.fW87Y. Last week we were looking at the question: Why is grace so hard to accept? Why are we so naturally attracted to performance, to industry, to…
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Is Grace Easy or Hard?
For the last couple of weeks we’ve seen that God knows us by name. He seeks to adopt us and to make us part of his family. This adoption by grace is apparently not for everyone. Not everyone wants to be adopted, it seems. Not everyone is receptive to the concept of grace. Why do…
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You’ve Fallen: How to Get Back Up?
We’re studying about knowing God and being known by God. Last week we looked at the meaning of names in the Bible and saw their importance to God. Names themselves don’t have as much significance as the fact that they identify the individual, the person. God apparently wants to know you personally. He wants to…
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What’s In a Name?
Some months ago I was walking through the morgue at the hospital. I was there for an autopsy on one of my patients who had passed away. I noticed a covered corpse with a tag on its toe. The tag said “John Doe.” I inquired and discovered that this was a gunshot victim, a victim…