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Bulls on Your Altar

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How does sacrificing bulls on God’s altar teach us about right sacrifices to God?

After establishing the right relationship with God through His cleansing power, we see that God WILL delight in right sacrifices and that bulls will be offered on God’s altar. It isn’t that God is completely displeased with sacrifices and offerings (religion). It is that sacrifices and offerings (religion) are only acceptable to God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. Once we know Jesus we are made holy so that we may offer sacrifices to God in Spirit and in Truth (Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:5; Matthew 5:23-24).

A Jolly Missionary Report

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I made a new friend recently as the result of reading about his faithfulness through a trial. I found myself praising the Lord so much while reading his letter that I wanted to share it with you. My wife and I signed up to begin supporting this mission monthly, and I want to invite you […]

Pure and Undefiled Religion

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James 1:27 comes in the context of wrapping up chapter one. While the existing chapter divisions should not dictate how we divide up Scripture, in this case (and many cases) they are probably appropriate. Chapter 2 begins to talk of favoring different groups of people and the danger of making distinctions among brothers in Christ. […]

The Father of the Fatherless

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The divide between the conservative evangelical and the liberal social gospel-ite is undeniably deep; and one of the major fault lines is the how the two groups deal with the needy. In the leftist social gospel camp the issues of the needy are over emphasized and the fervor overwrought. The pursuit of good is out […]

The Saddest Day in Church History NO ONE Talks About

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Christ’s bride has had many dark days throughout its history.  We’ve survived persecution in every century.  We overcame theological falsehoods asserted as facts.  We’ve been downgraded, liberalized, made mystical, and became seeker sensitive.  Charlatans, popes, and heretics have brought their chaos; and tyrants, skeptics, and atheists have done their level best to defeat us.  Yet, […]