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Thoughts From Ephesians 1:7

“Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb!” Fanny Crosby wrote the lyrics to this song:

“Redeemed–how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; Redeemed through His infinite mercy, His child, and forever, I am. Redeemed, redeemed, Redeemed by…
Enjoying the Peace of God

Christians should be seeking the peace of God at all times. We live in a world that is not peaceful without Christ. The only real peace will happen when the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus re- turns for us.But…
Thoughts from Ephesians 1:3

We have been blessed with every Spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3) The Apostle Paul is writing this epistle to the Christians in the city of Ephesus. He has talked about grace and peace in Eph. 1:2. We know that the “grace of…
Thoughts From The Book of Ephesians

I am going to start a series of articles/devotions from the Book of Ephesians. I’ll try to post a couple each week more or less. My aim is to teach God’s Word and make application for us today. Please pray
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The Christian Athlete

One of the descriptions of a Christian in the New Testament is that of an athlete. The Apostle Paul uses this terminology often. We read in 2 Tim. 2:5: ”An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the…
Ambassadors For Christ

In the Great Commission, (Matthew 18:18-20; Mark 16:15-16) Jesus gave the command that His people were to be an evangelistic church. We have been given the privilege of “taking the Name of Jesus with us.” Wherever we go. We can…
Let’s Put Jesus First!

Every person is committed to something. There are many areas of life where commitment is important. The Christian should strive to be the best citizen, best parent, best worker, etc. If we put Jesus first in our lives and are…
New Year’s Resolution

(This was used as a Lord’s Table Meditation this morning (1-1-2012) at Cherry Street Church of Christ in New Albany, IN)

Today is “New Year’s Day.” It is a day of “new things.” It is a day where we reflect…
Wake Up and Remember!

Text: 2 Peter 1:12-21

Introduction: The best defense against false teaching is true living. A church filled with growing Christians is not likely to fall to false teaching. A Christian who knows what he believes and why he believes will…
An Evil Party in Babylon

Text: Daniel 5:1-31

The king gave a party and invited all of his friends. When we want to do something we like to have those of like interests around and with us, those who will approve of our conduct or…

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What example do you follow?

A Plea For Holiness (3 John 11-15)

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Larry Miles | Permalink 0

Verse 11 – Follow means to imitate. From this Greek word comes our English word “mimic.”

We must be careful who we imitate. Even in Christian circles there are bad examples like Diotrophes. Demetrius was worthy of imitation, but

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A Pat On The Back For Hospitality (3 John 5-8)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Larry Miles | Permalink 0

Verse 5: Hospitality was very much needed in the first century. Consider some reasons:

Inn-keepers were notoriously hard to deal with.
Josephus records that there were no fixed payments at check-in and disputes almost always ensued at check-out.
According

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The Example of the Thessalonian Church

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Larry Miles | Permalink 2

The Apostle Paul visited the city of Thessalonica on his 2nd missionary journey. He was there preaching about 3 weeks. The theme of the Epistle is a least fourfold:

To confirm the young converts in Thessalonica

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