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What Sets Christianity Apart?

if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins (I Cor. 15:17). Having traveled extensively across the world, I've noticed a striking diversity in religious beliefs. It is estimated that there are over 4,000 different religions that are classified into five major groups Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. What sets Ch...

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What Sets Christianity Apart?

if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins (I Cor. 15:17). Having traveled extensively across the world, I've noticed a striking diversity in religious beliefs. It is estimated that there are over 4,000 different religions that are classified into five major groups Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. What sets Ch...

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A Supplement for Those with a Full Stomach

And the Lord said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name." Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory." And the Lord said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on wh...

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Who, Me?

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:18-20) When I was in...

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Is it Really Life That Gets in the Way?

"But say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."" (Luke 7:7-8). Life just got in the way. I've used that phrase a lot. I was excited to get together with friends this week, but life just g...

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Present or Absent?

[While the CD Team enjoys a Christmas break, please enjoy these devotionals from December 2020 based on scripture readings and Christmas carols. Covid even makes an appearance in our devotional for today.] O come, O come, Emmanuel, / And ransom captive Israel / That mourns in lonely exile here/Until the Son of God appear. / Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel / Shall come to the...

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Grounded

we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God's people the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven (Colossians 1:4) Hope. A bit hard to define, isn't it? Is it primarily a feeling that things will work out in the future? Isn't it pretty similar to faith and how does it differ? Is the "hope of the gospel" t...

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“Safe?”

"Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe"safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching!" declares the Lord (Jeremiah...

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Transcending What is Set in Stone

"I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments." (Exodus 20: 5) In an old Mel Brooks movie, the comedian offers his take on history. In one scene, Brooks is playing Moses. The scene en...

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Stay Safe, or Be Sent?

"Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers" these Twelve Jesus sent out [saying]"Go to the lost sheep. As you go, preachand heal" (Matt. 9:38, 10:5-7, emphasis mine). It's easy to see our church's core value of being "outwardly focused" in action: donation drives for local schools, homeless advocacy groups, or the food bank. Small groups go into the community to fix...

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