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I believed, and so I spoke

By samuel | Published: August 13, 2007
God taught me some­thing about a month ago. He taught me that he doesn’t par­tic­u­larly need me to speak what he wants said. I used to think and feel: “I need to say this and this, but they don’t want to hear it.” I thought I filled the posi­tion of the lonely prophet, speak­ing what REALLY [...]
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My love never disappoints

By samuel | Published: August 13, 2007
Very much like the bond between wife and hus­band, is my union with Jesus Christ–only stronger. For where one is a unity of body, the believer’s union with Jesus is of spirit. “But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him” (1 Corinthi­ans 6:17). Only one per­son can fal­ter in this [...]
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Iron can dull iron as well

By samuel | Published: August 10, 2007
We’ve all heard the famil­iar “Iron sharp­ens iron, and one man sharp­ens another.” ~ Proverbs 27:17. This say­ing is used often when Chris­tians come together to fel­low­ship, or for a Bible study. When I read this say­ing, I always imag­ine a chief quickly slid­ing one knife against another. In fact, I’ve tried this before, but [...]
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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

By samuel | Published: June 28, 2007
This is prob­a­bly the most famous line in the United States Dec­la­ra­tion of Inde­pen­dence, listed under those “unalien­able rights”. Every time I hear those words, I cringe, because what I know as real life, real lib­erty, and real hap­pi­ness is not what those writ­ers thought of when writ­ing this doc­u­ment. They thought: Life = phys­i­cal existence Lib­erty = [...]
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Garments befitting Righteousness

By samuel | Published: June 20, 2007
Pas­sage: The Para­ble of the Wed­ding Feast Matthew 22:1–14 Jesus tells a para­ble about a Wed­ding Feast. The King sends his ser­vants to call those who were invited to the feast, but when they are invited, they won’t come: they ignore the ser­vants or even worse, treat them shame­fully and kill them. So the King becomes angry [...]
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