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Train Them Thursday – Grace For the Race!
“For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” (John 1:16, NASB95) Grace upon grace. We all make mistakes. We all have bad days. We all get grumpy. So why is it that we are … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
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Hope For Today – Emmanuel Brings Mercy, Goodness and Comfort!
Photo Credit: http://www.liesyoungwomenbelieve.com We seem to put more faith in the joy our presents will bring than in God’s presence each holiday season. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about the mercy, … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
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Hope For Today – Thankfulness Represents Our Lord!
Photo Credit: http://www.crosscards.com Another holiday in the memory books and several pounds added to our frames. What a great time to be publicly thankful for family, for friends and for our faith! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged amazing grace, Christmas, failures, faith, family, father, festivities, friends, God, goodness, gratitude, heaven, help, holidays, hope, Jesus, Lord, mercy, mistakes, pies, resurrection, sacrifice, season, shoppers, sins, thankful, thankfulness, thanks, Thanksgiving, tinsel, Turkey
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Transformed Podcast #264: When the Culture Crumbles!
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Despite being so common in English as to be known as “the Chinese curse“, the saying is apocryphal, and no … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged America, authority, Bible, children, conscience, culture, discourse, end times, faith, family, gentleness, glorify, God, good, goodness, Gospel, hate speech, homosexual, joy, kindness, Law, lifestyle, light, love, loyalty, pastors, patience, peace, public, purity, salt, SCOTUS, self control, sensuality, shame, truth, wickedness, wil, worship
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4 Simple Daily Prayer Targets for Family and Friends!
As I pray daily, I ask the Lord of Life to work in the lives of my family and my friends … and those I routinely bump into and meet up with. As I seek to spread the light and … Continue reading
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Transformed Podcast #183 – We Are Sometimes Bragged Upon By God!
Why is it, when we are doing all we know to do right, suffering happens? Why would God allow us to suffer setbacks, sickness and the sorrow of death when we are doing right? Welcome to the transformed podcast. Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Suffering, Transformed
Tagged bad, competitive opposition, conflict, faith, faithfulness, fear, fighting, gentleness, God, goodness, group rivalry, hate, integrity, jealousy, joy, kindness, losing your temper, love, loyalty, mature, obsession, patience, peace, problems, Satan, self control, selfishness, suffering, test, wisdom
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Job: God Is Always Just (Job 32-37)
Photo Credit: elca.org Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Just Read It!
Tagged Bible, Bible study, caricature, character, charity, Christian, compassion, complaints, condemnation, goodness, injustice, Job, justice, majesty, pride, suffering
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