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God So Loved
March 11, 2013
Jesus was always making radical pronouncements. Here in John 3:13-15 He proclaims He has come from heaven, and not only that, but proclaims His future death. The Amplified says it best, "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert on a pole, so must the Son of Man be lifted up (on the cro...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Those Troubling Issues
March 04, 2013
Sometimes desperation makes us do desperate things. Here's a woman with an issue of blood in Matthew 9:18-26 who has come to the end of her rope. For twelve years she's suffered, and, as Mark 5:26 tells us, spent all her money on doctors. So now she's broke and tired of being sick and ti...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Two Sides of Jealousy
February 25, 2013
Here's a contrast for you. Both Mark 3:1-6 and Luke 6:6-11 talk about how Jesus went into a synagogue on the Sabbath and saw a man with a withered hand. At once the Pharisees perk up. Maybe here was their chance to get something on Jesus! Of course Jesus knew their mind and at once tells the man...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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A Wake-Up Call?
February 18, 2013
The recent news concerning Pope Benedict's resignation compels me to once again set aside my series on "Following Jesus." I have written on the subject of a new Pope before, and since there are startling prophecies connected with this event, I am reposting some of that information now....
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Examining the Sabbath
February 11, 2013
In both Mark 2:23-28 and Luke 6:1-5 we see Jesus' disciples picking grain from a field because they're hungry. Only problem, it was the Sabbath, and no labor was to be done on that day. And weren't the Pharisees quick to point that out! "What you are doing is not permitted or lawful...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Born Again
February 05, 2013
"Can a man enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" Nicodemus asked after Jesus told him he must be "born again" in order to enter the kingdom of God (John 3:1-8). The answer, of course, is "no" a man cannot be born twice, physically. So what was ...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Identifying the Source
February 01, 2013
When Jesus Christ asked the man by the pool called Bethesda whether he wanted to be healed, he answered there was no one to put him in the water. But that was not the question. He was asked what he wanted done and he replied with a reason why it could not be done. When the Healer appeared before the...
By: Duncan Mango |
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Know Your Enemy
January 28, 2013
Demons are real. Just ask anyone who has come out of the occult and been saved by Jesus. Even so, it's a subject rarely talked about in Christian circles in spite of the fact that the Bible often mentions demons, and in spite of the fact that Scripture tells us Satan can appear as an angel...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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Keep Him in the loop in 2013.
January 23, 2013
How would you feel if people only asked your opinion after they have made up their mind? That is how the Lord JESUS feels. He is usually kept outside the loop - being consulted last or halfway, if at all. He is asked to provide journey mercies when the bags are already packed. To bless tenders docum...
By: Duncan Mango |
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Upending Our Tables
January 21, 2013
Okay, here's a side of Jesus the church rarely talks about. In John 2:13-17 Passover is approaching and Jesus comes to the Temple in Jerusalem. And what does He find? He finds the Temple enclosure full of merchants selling sheep, oxen and doves for sacrifices, as well as money changers, those wh...
By: Sylvia Bambola |
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