Category: Faith Questions
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Why Is Sin Serious?
Devotional Thoughts on Matthew 18:8-9; Matthew 15:19; James 1:14-15; Romans 7:24-25; and Ephesians 2:4-5 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal…
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Trusted Answers for Your Faith Questions
When you have a question about the Bible or your Christian faith, where do you turn for an answer? A quick Google search can bring up thousands of results. Some may be helpful. Others may leave you with more questions than answers. And some may present ideas that sound convincing but don’t agree with what…
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Why Was Jesus Baptized?
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.…
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Jesus, Remember Me
“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:42-43) A pastor once told me that he preferred preaching for a funeral rather than a wedding. Does that surprise you? If given the choice, I think most people would…
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What Must I Do to Be Saved?
What must I do to be saved? That question in its various forms has plagued people ever since the fall into sin. If the all-important answer can be found in keeping God’s commands or staying on his good side by being a good person, we haven’t done that. We can’t. We want to do something…
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Does God Really Care About Me?
Sometimes I forget who God is. I momentarily lose sight of who God is because I’m so fearfully fixated by some problem I’m facing in life. And to my shame, I wonder: Does God really care about me? That problem—whatever it may be—seems mountainous. It looms impossibly large, occupying my thoughts, my time, and my…
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What Does It Mean to Extol the Lord?
“Praise the Lord. I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly” (Psalm 111:1). If you’re like me, extol is not a word you use every day (or maybe ever). When I came across it in the verse from Psalm 111 (quoted above), curiosity got…
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How Do I Forgive Others?
“If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” He replied, “If you have…