Category: Trust
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Understanding Baptism and Salvation
What Does it Mean to Be Saved? There are people to whom the idea of salvation in Christianity seems like a puzzling or even daunting concept. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in religious circles, but what does it actually mean? When someone says they’re “saved,” what exactly are they saved from?…
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What Does it Mean – The Plan of God
Introduction How many times have I heard it. Someone commenting on an event or tragedy saying it “must have been God’s plan.” Can we say that the loving God of the universe, sovereign in justice and judgement plans for individuals to experience misfortune and tragedy? Does that make Him capricious? If you are a Christian,…
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God Speaks Through His Word
Understanding the Divine Inspiration of Scripture The Bible was written over a span of 1500 years and has approximately 40 authors. It is comprised of two primary segments – the Old Testament, a collection of 39 books of varied genres from historical accounts to poetry, and the New Testament, an assemblage of 27 books primarily documenting…
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Five Lessons from David and Goliath
No Armor Required What lessons can the story of David and Goliath tell us? Sure – this is a commonly known Bible story. I first learned it when in grade school as my Sunday school teacher put pictures of David and Goliath up on a flannel board (do you remember those). Of course this is…