Disciples Church: Recent Episodes
Matt Kottman
1 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. 3 Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to […]
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1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? 2 Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. 3 Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 But when he lies down, observe the place […]
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1 Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, […]
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1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there. 3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married […]
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25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour […]
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The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations:“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised.3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling,who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest […]
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3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and […]
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15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance […]
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1 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with […]
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5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the […]
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1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh,my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear;though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after:that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in […]
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12 “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn!How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven;above the stars of God I will set my throne on high;I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
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20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” 23 So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did […]
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1 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the […]
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19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them […]
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38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of […]
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31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they […]
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1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.5 To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.7 All […]
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16 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin […]
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1 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. […]
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28 Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” 31 Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said […]
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2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they […]
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1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
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1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the […]
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1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the […]
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1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the […]
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Was it necessary that the son of God should shed His blood on the cross?
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5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and […]
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(Chapter 15) 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They […]
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1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides […]
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7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee. 10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much muttering about him among […]
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(Chapter 13) 36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.” 37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times. (Chapter 14) 1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe […]
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Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, […]
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“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast […]
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20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves […]
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Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to […]
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Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha […]
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22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my […]
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22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my […]
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for […]
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You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It […]
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… but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that […]
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22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. 23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in […]
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1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He […]
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25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his […]
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16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing […]
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Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do […]
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43 After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast. 46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, […]
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27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. 31 In the mean while his disciples […]
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Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[a] […]
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22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison). 25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is […]
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16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness […]
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Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. […]
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13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that […]
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On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty […]
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35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” 39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the […]
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9 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” 22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 John […]
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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might […]
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“As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.” (Joshua 1:5-6) The defining factor in our life is not in how strong, courageous, accomplished, up to the task we are, but in our devotion to God. The source of our strength and courage doesn’t come from how good […]
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What of the tithe? Is it commanded for the church? Our aim is to get a biblical view of giving and tithing. We desire to grow, obey and glorify God with our substance without adding or subtracting from what the holy scriptures teach.
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Habakkuk goes from the valley to the heights. The circumstances have not changed but he has learned to trust God and to rest in Him. In the last chapter of the book, he pictures for us what a healthy Christian out to look like; living by faith and not by sight. Trusting in God and not the arm of man. Join us as we consider: 1. Gods mercy 2. Gods might in the deliverance of His people 3. Faith as […]
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Habakkuk receives an answer from the Lord regarding his complaint against Israel for her sins. “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. For behold I am raising up the Chaldeans…”
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The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong?Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralysed, and justice never goes forth.For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted
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In chapters 9 & 10, we find out where the feast of Purim – celebrated to this day – originates from.
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In chapter 8, Esther pleads for her people, and Mordecai is made head of the house of Haman.
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In chapter 6 & 7, Haman’s plans backfire on him. God has a way to fulfil His plans through the goodness as well as the wickedness of people.
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In chapter 4 & 5, we see how Esther raises up in faith to be the one who God uses to turn Haman’s plans around.
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In chapter 3, we are introduced to the villain of the story, Haman. Promoted above all of the kings officials, Haman the Agagite enjoys the homage of all of the king’s servant. All but one; Mordecai the Jew.The fury of Haman is set against the resolve of Mordecai all under the sovereignty and providence of the God of Israel.
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A young orphaned girl is taken from her adopted fathers home into King Ahasuerus harem. While her adopted Father, Mordecai, spends day after day concerned for her well being, she meets with favour from Hegai the keeper of the Kings harem. The King also favours her above all others and sets the royal crown on her head and makes her queen instead of Vashti. In those days as Mordecai was sitting at the Kings gate, he discovered a treasonous plot […]
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In this series, we delve into the book of Esher. Chapter 1 sets the scene; the pride of a drunken king and the disobedience of his wife destroys a royal marriage.
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Concluding our two part Easter series, we consider the resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. John 20;30-31
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We mark this Easter with a two part series on the death and resurrection of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.In this first instalment we consider the prophesy of Isaiah concerning Gods suffering servant and its fulfilment in the life and death of Jesus the Christ. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him;He has put Him to grief;when His soul makes an offering for guilt,He shall see His offspring; he shallprolong His days;the will of the […]
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1 The elder, to the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— 2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. 4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded […]
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For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1John 5:4-5
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Loving the brethren is an evidence of one who is truly born of the Spirit of God as is confidence of having eternal life. John writes to us so that we have have confidence for the day of judgment, for the one who fears has not been perfected in love.
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A timely message from Pastor Matt Kottman. Pastor Matt Kottman planted Disciples Church 15 years ago. Ten years later the Lord moved Matt and his family to America to pastor Solid Rock Christian Fellowship in Prescot. We were blessed his visit and his message on personal revival.
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11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers,[c] that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a […]
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1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of […]
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What are the marks of a true Christian? Here is how the Bible helps us define what are the marks of a true Christian, or a true follower of Christ. [Rom 12:9-21] 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient […]
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Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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The old commandment which we have had from the beginning is made a new commandment to those who are in Christ Jesus, for by Him they are made able to keep it. This commandment is love, ‘which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shinning.’ Is the darkness passing away in your life? Are you maturing as a child of God? This is a call to children, young […]
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My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. Whoever says “I know Him” but does not keep His […]
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Having recently finished studying the book of Ecclesiastes, a challenging book on the topic of our physical lives, we are now going through 1 John, a book that is very challenging on the topic of our spiritual lives.
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Today we begin the study of the first epistle of John, and for the next few weeks we will go through this letter verse-by-verse, chapter-by chapter, as is our custom. Today we looked at 1john 1:1-4 and tried to understand what God is speaking to His church and to the world through His faithful servant John.
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Psa 131:1-3 A Song of Ascents. Of David. “O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.” A surrendered child of God: Has been […]
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What will the new year bring? Good or bad? No man knows, but we may go boldly into the new year finding our peace in God who knows it all.
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Philippians 4:8-9 exhorts us to set our minds to whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. But what does this mean in practical terms, and how do we “do” this?
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‘As you do not know the way the Spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.’ In his search for wisdom under the sun, the preacher teaches us how we are to live in light of the weight of our ignorance.
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A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fools heart to the left. Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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Solomon considers death and its implications under the sun concluding it to be a great evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event [death] happens to all.
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As he continues his quest for wisdom under the sun, Solomon says that it is wise to keep the kings command ‘because of God’s oath to him.’ He further observes that man does not know what tomorrow will bring and this by Gods deliberate design. His lesson for us is that those who fear God will do well but the wicked shall perish. To them that fear Him, God has revealed the mystery of the God-man, saviour of mankind, King […]
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Continuing his contrast of wisdom and folly in the things that are done under the sun, Solomon considers the day of prosperity and the day of adversity teaching us to remember that God has made the one as well as the other. Between righteous deeds and wickedness he finds that the fear of God is wisdom. Join us as we consider these and many more things done under the sun and the wisdom or folly thereof.
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In chapter 7 Solomon turns to the practical contrast between wisdom with folly under the sun. He observes that, ‘the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.’
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In chapter 6 Solomon observes that ‘all the toil of a man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. This is vanity’. A man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honour, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them.
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Solomon considers the fear of God and the vanity of wealth and honour. ‘Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth.’ He conclude, ‘God is […]
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As Solomon continues his search for the meaning of life, he considers the tears of the oppressed concluding that laziness, envy, greed and a lack of contentment are in the heart of the oppressor. ‘Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and striving after the wind.’ Ecclesiastes 4:6
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We continue our study of the book of Ecclesiastes, today we are in chapter 3 and the title of this message is: God has a perfect time for every matter under the sun “I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.” Ecclesiastes 3:14
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We continue our study of the book of Ecclesiastes, today we are in chapter 2 verses 12-26 and the title of this message is: Solomon’s despair. “Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.” Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Solomon asks what is the point of all that is done under the sun? Could it be pleasure? “I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; [a]therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity.” Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Solomon searches for the meaning of all that is done under the sun. “And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [e]exercised. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.” Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
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Solomon searches for the meaning of all that is done under the sun “Vanity[a] of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 1:2
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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The entire bible talks about Jesus, He is the central point of the scriptures both old and new testaments. As Jesus Himself declared to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus, after His resurrection, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself”. Luke 24:27 The letter to the Hebrews was written to a persecuted church, under the Roman emperor Nero, and it seeks to encourage […]
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Paul goes back to Jerusalem with many warnings of the troubles that he will suffer. At his arrival, he visits James, tells the church all the things the Lord has been doing in all the regions and James invites him to goes to the temple to be purified to not be an stumbling block to the believing Jews. As he is in the temple he gets arrested and mistreated so the Romans have to intervene and rescue him. As he is taken he asks permission to speak and he starts a speech in the Hebrew tongue.
This Chapter is divided in 2 main parts
V. 1 - 21 Paul’s narrative of his conversion
V. 22 - 29 Jews rejecting him and the Romans about to flog him
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The topic of the 2018 conference was “and Jesus stepped forward…” Simon was at this time the Lead Pastor of Calvary Church, Southampton, overseeing preaching and vision.
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The topic of the 2018 conference was “and Jesus stepped forward…” Originally from the island, pastor Rafael became a Christian in the USA, and attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Austria. He then served as a missionary alongside pastor Brian Brodersen planting a church in London, where he met his wife Loretta. They returned to Mallorca in 2001, and have been serving at the Church for over 15 years.
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The topic of the 2018 conference was “and Jesus stepped forward…” Growing up in an un-churched home, John Brown believed & began following Jesus after hearing the gospel clearly explained to him at the age of 18. John is a graduate of both Calvary Chapel Bible College and Faith Evangelical Seminary. He served on staff with Calvary Chapel El Centro, CA and Calvary Chapel Twickenham, England before planting Servant’s Church in 2005.
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The topic of the 2018 conference was “and Jesus stepped forward…” John Chubik was at this time the Missions pastor at calvary chapel costa mesa. He also traveled to meet and support missionaries in the field and to train national church leaders in other countries. He had been on staff since 2008 and was married with two children.
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