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2018-06-02T14:49:19-05:00

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My Holocaust

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 2:49 pm   By Jim Erwin

My Holocaust ““You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats, as well as your cattle. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause My name to be remembered.” (Exodus 20:24, HCSB) During the 1930s and 1940s, Adolf Hitler authorized the Nazi program, “die Endlosung,” (Final Solution) a program where the Jews would be eliminated. He put the Jews in concentration... Read more

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2018-06-02T14:36:25-05:00

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Sometimes God Hardens a Person’s Heart

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 2:36 pm   By Jim Erwin

Sometimes God Hardens a Person’s Heart “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may do these miraculous signs of Mine among them, and so that you may tell your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”” (Exodus 10:1–2, HCSB)   During the ten plagues which God... Read more

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2018-06-02T14:28:24-05:00

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With God, It Always Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 2:28 pm   By Jim Erwin

With God, It Always Gets Worse Before It Gets Better “So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, “Lord, why have You caused trouble for this people? And why did You ever send me? Ever since I went in to Pharaoh to speak in Your name he has caused trouble for this people, and You haven’t delivered Your people at all.” But the Lord replied to Moses, “Now you are going to see what I will do to Pharaoh:... Read more

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2018-06-02T13:45:13-05:00

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Hesitating Before God

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 1:45 pm   By Jim Erwin

 Hesitating Before God “But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent—either in the past or recently or since You have been speaking to Your servant —because I am slow and hesitant in speech.” Yahweh said to him, “Who made the human mouth? Who makes him mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh? Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.” Moses said, “Please, Lord,... Read more

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2018-06-02T13:06:59-05:00

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Getting Through a Spiritual Drought

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 1:06 pm   By Jim Erwin

Getting Through a Spiritual Drought ““Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food. The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that... Read more

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2018-06-02T12:57:01-05:00

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Cheering for the Wrong Team

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 12:57 pm   By Jim Erwin

Cheering for the Wrong Team “Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.” (Matthew 12:31–32, HCSB) People have often called “blaspheming against the Holy Spirit” the “unpardonable... Read more

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2018-06-02T11:58:29-05:00

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The Attitude of a Wicked and Perverted Generation

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 11:58 am   By Jim Erwin

The Attitude of a Wicked and Perverted Generation ““Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as a foreigner, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.” (Genesis 19:9, HCSB) The attitude of a wicked and perverted generation has various characteristics that are uniquely in opposition to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For example, wicked and... Read more

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2018-06-10T22:54:37-05:00

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Hebrews 12:1-3 Being Set Free

Last updated on: June 10, 2018 at 10:54 pm   By Jim Erwin

Hebrews 12:1-3 Being Set Free From the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.  Many people think that freedom is a natural right that everyone receives just because they exist. In other words, civil rights are a product of being human, a thought from humanistic philosophy.... Read more

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2018-06-02T11:40:02-05:00

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Luke 4:16-18 Who Would Jesus Want Me to Reach

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 11:40 am   By Jim Erwin

Luke 4:16-18 Who Would Jesus Want Me to Reach  God “has sent me.” In the Bible, there are two major themes about the direction of the Gospel. In one case, people COME to hear the Gospel. In another case, people are SENT to share the Gospel. You see this in many places. People are directed to come to hear God: (Zechariah 14:16, Matthew 8:11, Luke 13:29, Isaiah 66:20, Zechariah 8:23, Micah 4:1, Isaiah 2:2) There are other examples of God... Read more

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How God Allows His Servants to Discover His Ways

Last updated on: June 25, 2012 at 7:28 pm   By Jim Erwin

How God Allows His Servants to Discover His Ways “Then the Lord said, “Should I hide what I am about to do from Abraham? Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the... Read more

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