Category: Pressing Truth
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Nature’s Retribution
Can a people lose their right to the land they live on? Does abandoning natural practices justify eviction?
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Spare Portions #15
“He saved others; Himself He cannot save. Matthew 27:42a Priests of the highest ranks taunted the Savior of the world with these words, all the while not grasping the truth they were helping to propagate. He saved others—you can be sure of that fact. If Christ did not save, then…
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Spare Portions #14
Mercy and truth have met together;Righteousness and peace have kissed. Psalm 85:10 Who could have arranged such an intimate encounter of everlasting impact? None other than God Himself. All are found to dwell harmoniously in the person of Jesus Christ. Look to the humble beginnings of a manger—truth gloriously sprung…
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Spare Portions #13
“”Whatever He says to you, do it.” John 2:5b The festivities surrounding a newlywed couple seemed to have reached their climax and were about to be cut short. The lack of wine had caught the attention of the mother of our Lord Jesus, and Mary was sure to let Jesus…
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Tiered Justice
It seems that there is little reassurance to be found in today’s justice system. Is it really that bad?
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Spare Portions #12
“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,And my calamity laid with it on the scales!For the it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—Therefore my words have been rash.For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;My spirit drinks in their poison;The terrors of God are arrayed against…
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Spare Portions #11
So Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 1 Samuel 15:32 The presumptuous sigh of a king is contained here and is recorded for our instruction. For King Agag, ignorance was bliss, if only for a moment. He was unaware of the…
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Spare Portions #10
For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people. 1 Samuel 12:22 After recounting the faithfulness of God toward His people, the Prophet Samuel shifts attention to the unfaithfulness of his kinsmen. Repeated deliverance from…
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Pleasure Vacuum
People are following well-trodden paths in the pursuit of pleasure—what lies ahead, disappointment or ecstasy?
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Spare Portions #9
And if it happens that he says to you, “I will not go away from you,” because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you, then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever.…
World Unyielding 