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Blows my mind…

Read this excerpt from the classic work Science Speaks by Peter W. Stoner. CHAPTER 3 THE CHRIST OF PROPHECY Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me – John 5:39. THE WORD “Scriptures” in this passage refers to the Old Testament. Christ is saying that in the Old Testament we will find the prophecies referring to Himself. It is therefore in these prophecies, and their fulfillment, that we...

Snip and Cut and “Ouch!”

Pruning is now. Cutting, trimming, removing, reshaping is now. That means pain is now. Gain is later. The good to come… that will be later. Philippians 3:12-14 (NLT) 12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one...

Let Freedom Ring

Bad news… We are all born with the propensity to do wrong (An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way) … every one of us… and sometimes we get stuck. Good news… “You used to do these things”… that tells me that no sin, no matter how horrible, can hold me forever if I allow God to set me free. Woo Hoo!! Colossians 3:5-7 (NLT) 5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you....

Famous Fruit

Famous Fruit The Fruit heard round the world. When our branch produces fruit… God gets the word out. When we are ever growing in our ability to love the Father, family and friends God sees to it that fruit is produced on us, the branches. Living in such a way can be called, “living in the light”. And it is this light, the light of Jesus, that absorbs into the leaves of our lives to nourish us, strengthen us to...