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Does the Old Testament Law Still Apply?
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Does the Old Testament Law Still Apply?

Discover the 5 Covenants in the Bible
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Discover the 5 Covenants in the Bible

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Living and Loving Like Our Perfect Father

The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most challenging passages in Matthew’s Gospel. It is a brutal indictment of the powerful, self-righteous, hypocritical, anxious, and judgmental. In other words, it’s a sermon for us and our all-too-often way of living. We don’t live like our heavenly Father, nor…

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Swift to Listen, Slow to Speak

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak”, so said the Greek philosopher Epictetus. In a similar vein, James exhorts his readers with a challenge to be quick to listen and slow to speak (James 1:19–21). How much more important…

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When God’s People Go the World’s Way

The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary is one of the best resources available for showing and telling the reader all about the world of the Bible. The ZIBBC brings the world of the Bible to life visually with over 2,000 photographs and through detailed explanation on each passage. You can…

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The Way of the Blessed Life

What is the blessed life and how do we attain it? The introductory psalms point the way in telling us to delight in the Lord’s law and the Lord’s anointed. Let’s see what we can learn about the way of the blessed life from Psalms 1–2 and the NIV Study…

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Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer

What was Jesus thinking about as his hour drew nearer and nearer? While his disciples couldn’t read his mind, they were given a glimpse of what he was thinking in his prayers. In the so-called high priestly prayer in John 17, Jesus prays for himself, his disciples, and the church.…

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The True Circumcision

How would you define the people of God today? What descriptors would you choose to use? Well, Paul provides his own answer to that question in his letter to the Philippians. He describes the people of God, the circumcision, as serving God by his Spirit, boasting in Christ Jesus, and…

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