24“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26And everyone who […]
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(By Dawn Rutan) The movie The Mission (1986) is a heartbreaking story of a Jesuit mission in Spain/Portugal during the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. Mercenaries kidnapped natives to sell to plantations. Rodrigo is one of the men involved in this practice. After killing his half-brother, he becomes depressed and a priest recommends a suitable
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Not Everyone Who Calls Jesus “Lord” Will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven As you read through the New Testament, you’ll soon come across this chilling statement by Jesus in Matthew: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who
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25Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of
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By Dawn Rutan After thinking about Sunday’s sermon on the “marvelous faith” of the centurion, I looked up some of the other “marvelous” thoughts in the Bible: Job 5:9- “[God] does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.” Psalm 98:1- “Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things! His right
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(By Dawn Rutan) The movie The Lion King is an interesting allegory for life. As I’m sure you remember, Scar arranges for the death of Mufasa, and then convinces Simba that it is his fault and that he should run away rather than facing the penalty. We’ve been deceived by our own sin or the
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