One thing you notice as you read through the New Testament, especially the writings of Paul, is that suffering is part of God’s curriculum for the Christian. It’s one of His tools to shape you. So if you think, Now that I’m a Christian, life will be perfect, you haven’t spent much time in the […]
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If you haven’t read Psalm 22 before and you’re only familiar with the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ crucifixion, you might read verse 1 (“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”) and think, Didn’t Jesus say those words on the cross?For the first three hours of that horrific ordeal, the words Jesus spoke were […]
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In the story of the Passover, most of us have no problem with God judging Pharaoh and the Egyptians. We do have a problem with another group God judged: His own people, the Israelites. Yes, the children of Israel were under a death sentence, and only blood could save them.”For the Lord will pass through […]
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Years ago, I was in a Billy Graham film called Last Flight Out. I played a very minor role as a missionary doctor. One of the lead actors played a pilot who helps rescue a village from drug lords, and in the process, he comes to Christ.Well, in real life, this actor was not a […]
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One Sunday morning, a guy came up to me and said, “That was a hell of a sermon, pastor!” I didn’t know if I should say, “Thank you,” or “God help you.” Hell is often spoken about flippantly, but hell is the place where the wicked will be punished for eternity after death—so why is […]
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