Tag: wisdom
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Emmanuel: God With Us
Luke 2:8-14—Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid,…
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Isaac Jogues: The Missionary Who Walked Back Into the Fire
The Thirty Years’ War was raging in Europe, fueling a near–cold-war divide between Protestant and Catholic powers. France, under Catholic monarchs like Louis XIII, was aggressively Counter-Reformationist, using the Jesuits as intellectual and spiritual shock troops to reclaim ground lost to Protestantism. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the New World was a chaotic frontier. French, English,…
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70,000 fathom ladder
The 70,000 fathom ladder – A man spent years climbing a huge ladder. People cheered him on, told him it led somewhere important. So he kept going step after step, never looking down. When he finally reached the top, he found nothing there. No platform. No door. No destination. Just empty air. Then he looked…
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He Chooses Mercy, We Witness Mystery
Sovereignty means that God possesses absolute power and authority to do whatever He wills. Providence is the exercise of that sovereignty with perfect wisdom, love, and purpose. God does not simply control everything; He orders everything toward His perfect will. Providence is His sovereignty in action. Always purposeful, redemptive, and unfailing. Job declared, “I know…
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Dust to Dunamis
In God’s economy, there are no coincidences. The Ascension took place on the Mount of Olives, the very ground where Christ will one day set His feet again, as Zechariah 14:4 promises. Today, the Dome of the Ascension sits as a marker. The disciples never set out to make it a shrine or tourist site,…
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Wrath and Restoration
Ephesians 4:26 commands, “Be angry and do not sin.” The emotion itself is not sin; it can reflect a moral awareness of evil or injustice. Yet James 1:20 warns, “The anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” Human anger, when untethered from humility, fails miserably. It seeks revenge rather than redemption. Jesus…
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Greatest Scientist
God of science 🎼🎶 2 Corinthians 4:18—”So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” Everything in this world operates within certain limits. Your sneakers wear out. Your car needs repairs. Even your neighborhood changes over time. We, too,…
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Overcome the world
John 16:33 : “I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” I was speaking recently with a friend who does not yet know the Lord. and he poured out his heart about the troubles…
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DID GOD REALLY SAY? (Semantic Mimicry)
The words we use shape how we think, what we value, and then what we worship. When those words change in meaning, the morals of a culture drift with them.This process of what might be called semantic mimicry is both strategic and spiritual. Reusing words with moral or sacred weight lowers the barrier for acceptance.…
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The whole duty of man
It doesn’t take a lifetime of study, a degree, or a thousand books. Sometimes, just one moment, one phrase, one verse, one realization is enough to change everything. Paul was not uneducated or uninformed. In fact, he was the opposite. He was a scholar, a Pharisee, trained under Gamaliel (Acts 22:3), zealous for the Law,…
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