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How secure is salvation? Part 2

November 17, 2009

One of the most important discussions I have with people has to do with the concern about their salvation. Many people believe that they can lose salvation, or have it taken away, depending on how they live, what sins they may commit, or what good things they never do.
In this post, I’d like simply to [...]

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Proverbs 22

February 26, 2009

A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold. (22:1)
It’s been said that reputation is everything. I don’t know that I would go quite that far, but reputation is very important. For Solomon, a good reputation should be preferred over “great wealth.” This was one of [...]

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Proverbs 13

February 16, 2009

Continuing my reading through Proverbs this month. I’m in chapter 13 today. Many of these proverbs reminded me of passages elsewhere.
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out. (13:9)
I wonder if Jesus was thinking of this proverb when he spoke his own: “Let your light shine before people, [...]

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Listen, Day 26: 1 Corinthians 10-16

October 10, 2008

We finished 1 Corinthians today. Things are going to start speeding up as we get into the shorter NT books in our listening program.
Dan’l:

Sometimes we don’t understand things in the Bible because the writer wrote knowing that his immediate readers would understand.
Why should my freedom be limited by someone else’s conscience? Because everything we do [...]

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Listen, Day 25: 1 Corinthians 1-9

October 9, 2008

We are well past the half-way point in our listening program. I hope this has been beneficial to you. First Corinthians is very much a practical letter. In it Paul addresses some specific problems and questions the believers in Corinth had. There is much to learn here.
David:

They talked about preachers and guess who else is [...]

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