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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Security in Challenging Times – Acts 11:27-30-12
How to deal with these difficult situations? In today’s passage we saw that even though the church, the Christians, had already enjoyed some time without being persecuted for their faith, this was not the case with some of them. During the persecution instigated by Saul or Paul, the entire church had fled except for the […]
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God’s Sovereign Rule in Your Life and Mine – Isaiah 44:24-45:25
Isaiah 45 deals with how God sovereignly rules in your life and mine. This raises a couple of questions. First, can he rule my life without my approval or my willingness? Yes. In fact, we will see that God is in control of everything that happens in your life and it includes your unwillingness. A […]
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Reflections on the book of Jonah
We can learn much from the disobedient, unwilling prophet Jonah. Five years ago I shared my reflections on the book. Her are all of them in one post. I suggest you take time to read this short book. Here.Jonah 1 Jonah 2 Jonah 3 Jonah 4 Material is copyright by eigaldamez. Permission is given to […]
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Thoughts on Jonah Chapter 4
In chapter 3 we saw that God has held his judgment against Niniveh and saved them. Jonah was the unhappy means of communication. Why was he so reluctant to go on this mission? The answer is found at the beginning of this chapter. This was exceedingly “evil” (the same word in Hebrew-ra’ah- is used as […]
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Reflections on the book of Jonah – chapter 3
In this chapter Jonah gets a second chance. It starts very matter factly. It is as if nothing has happened. God speaks to Jonah and tells him to go to Niniveh and he will tell him what to do next. Jonah does it without hesitation. God has just given him a second chance. Why? God […]
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Thoughts on the book of Jonah – Chapter 2
Continuing the thoughts on the life of Jonah. At the end of chapter 1, God “appoints” a fish to swallow Jonah as he is thrown in the ocean. The purpose was not to kill Jonah but to protect him. As Tchivdjian in the book Surprised by Grace states “The fish’s belly was not Jonah’s prison […]
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Muddling God’s Will
I recently read an article by iMonk on the issue of God’s will. It says what I have come to believe for some time now. This topic is so misunderstood and has caused many problems for Christians, both theologically and philosophically.Deists believe that God created the world and left to run its course. I guess […]
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