This is an excellent follow-up to my post on suffering linked below. Posted by Todd Linn, PhD on August 11, 2025 We may not like to admit it, but it’s true: we cannot become like Christ apart from suffering. Going through trials–experiencing their hardships and difficulties–is one way God works to make us more like Jesus. CONTINUED @ SOURCE … More Trials Complete Us – 08/18/2025
Revelation 3:7-13 I will not attempt to get into a LONG discussion as to why this is NOT about an escape plan (rapture) Standard for Churchesfor Christians. Suffice it to say most modern renderings and interpretations do not do the original Greek or context justice (See Below). What is important is the fact that the … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/28/2021
I have an early morning job today so no expository devotional just two verses to meditate upon: Revelation 22:12-16 (AMP and RVR 1960) Revelation 3:11 (AMP and RVR 1960) Christ says His return when it happens (no one not even He knows Matthew 24:36 the exact time) will be quick and we must be prepared. … More Anticipation and Determination
The 12th Chapter of Hebrews begins with the following verse: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, let us run … More A Call to Endurance
Hosea 14:5-9 I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; 6 his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. 7 They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow; they shall flourish like the grain; they shall blossom like the vine; … More Sunday’s Sermon Series
knowledge with self-control,† self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness (CSB) A few weeks ago I published an article I entitled God’s Tool Box based upon one of my favorite verses 2 Peter 1:3. I made the statement In my opinion this should be a verse every new believer learns early on because it is … More Adding To God’s Tool Box Part II
Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. Be aware that the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested [in your faith], and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful to the point of death [if you must die for your faith], and I will give you the crown[consisting] of … More Today in Church History
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