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Where Do You Aim?

Where Do You Aim?

Where is that which the true follower of Christ aims? Ellen Write wrote in Testimonies Volume 1 page 160
“Those who feel the constraining love of God do not ask how little may be given in order to obtain the heavenly reward; they ask not for the lowest standard, but aim at perfect conformity to [...]

Underestimating the Power

Underestimating the Power

The Power of God. I had a discussion with someone a little while ago on the issue of obedience to God. The person argued that we cannot perfectly obey God because of our liabilities of being human. When I attempted to speak on the reality of obedience in the Christian life, my [...]

Wrong Time for a Blessing?

Wrong Time for a Blessing?

Proverbs 27:14 reminds us that there can be a wrong time even for a blessing.  When it is time for something else, and someone comes in and loudly shouts even the right sounding thing, we can find out blessing turning into a curse.  This scripture gives the example of someone yelling the blessing to wake [...]

The Complete Savior

The Complete Savior

As we near the close of this earth’s history, we find ourselves in need of a complete savior. Too often we fall into the trap of only wanting a partial savior. You know the savior who drapes us with a superficial sappy “love”, but never disciplines us.
However, the Jesus who came to this [...]

Hope That Transcends Death

Hope That Transcends Death

Many of us live our lives with little thought for the future.  We assume that we will never have to walk that lonely road that leads into forever.   We see people dying everyday.  We see sickness, accidents, and nature taking away even friends and family, but we never come face to the face with the [...]

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