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Daily Devotional – Friday, February 9, 2018
Living Stones – Friday, February 9, 2018 Babblers Acts 17:18 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Philosophers seek to answer the age-old questions, the questions of our time, and also to pose new questions that each generation is
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Daily Devotional – Thursday, February 8, 2018
Living Stones – Thursday, February 8, 2018 Known unknown Acts 17:22,23 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an
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Daily Devotional – Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Living Stones – Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Preaching foolishness 1 Corinthians 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. The Apostle Paul could not be serious! I
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Daily Devotional – Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Living Stones – Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Signs and wisdom 1 Corinthians 1:22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; There are some things that very quickly become a part of the religious context that often limit our capacity to process truth. These things change from age
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Daily Devotional – Monday, February 5, 2018
Living Stones – Monday, February 5, 2018 Philosophers 1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (NIV 1984) In 1974, American Evangelist Tom Skinner wrote a book titled “If
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Daily Devotional – Saturday, February 3, 2018
Living Stones – Saturday, February 3, 2018 Astonished Acts 10:45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. What did God go and do now? Peter would not
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Daily Devotional – Friday, February 2, 2018
Living Stones – Friday, February 2, 2018 New foods Acts 10:14 But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.” God, who has declared that He is one who does new things, has a hard time getting His people to come along. We observed
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Daily Devotional – Thursday, February 1, 2018
Living Stones – Thursday, February 1, 2018 Sabbath healings Luke 6:11 But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. Let’s be very clear right at the start today that this devotional is not a discussion about the Sabbath. The arguments about
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Daily Devotional – Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Living Stones – Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Also written Luke 4:10,11 For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ Just to be very clear at the
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Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Living Stones – Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Benefactors Luke 22:24 Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. It appears that the jostling for the unnamed positions of leadership among the disciples was constant. Here, at the Lord’s table, they
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Daily Devotional – Monday, January 29, 2018
Living Stones – Monday, January 29, 2018 Dirty feet John 13:8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” This foot washing business in the church can be very controversial, confusing, and disconcerting. A few years ago, at our ministers’ meeting, we were caught off guard when the
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Daily Devotional – Saturday, January 27, 2018
Living Stones – Saturday, January 27, 2018 Name change John 1:42 “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” This calling of the first disciples was a most significant event in the ministry of Jesus as He started to lay the foundation for the church long
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Daily Devotional – Friday, January 26, 2018
Living Stones – Friday, January 26, 2018 Depart from me Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” So now, everything is going well. Peter, the experienced fisherman, having listened to Jesus, launched
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Daily Devotional – Thursday, January 25, 2018
Living Stones – Thursday, January 25, 2018 Go deep Luke 5:5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” Luke’s extended recounting of the calling of the first disciples, Luke 5:1-11, immediately
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Daily Devotional – Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Living Stones – Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Family business Matthew 4:21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them … Today, much of the fish we eat
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Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Living Stones – Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Leaving everything Matthew 4:22 He called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. The call of Jesus demands a response of total and exclusive commitment to Him. There are no half measures really. Therefore, those of us
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Daily Devotional – Monday, January 22, 2018
Living Stones – Monday, January 22, 2018 Fishing men Matthew 4:19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” What were you doing when Jesus found you? Jesus found His first disciples by the seaside and they were fishing. This passage in Matthew’s
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Daily Devotional – Saturday, January 20, 2018
Living Stones – Saturday, January 20, 2018 Lawless practice Matthew 7:23 “…depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” Lawless, technically, describes a condition where there is no regulation or control of activities based on the law; or a situation where the established law is being violated by a person or
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Daily Devotional – Thursday, January 18, 2018
Living Stones – Thursday, January 18, 2018 Outer clothing Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. Clothing has always been a big issue in religion and for those of us in the Judeo-Christian tradition it has been no
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Fruit Stories
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Fruit stories Matthew 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Over the last few months, I have been learning somethings about fruits that have been fascinating. Well, fascinating to me, people who work in agriculture and related disciplines knew these things all the time.
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Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Living Stones – Tuesday, January 16, 2018 God at work Philippians 1:6 He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; Today we are repeating our key verse from yesterday. When we looked at the matter of Christian growth yesterday with
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Daily Devotional – Monday, January 15, 2018
Living Stones – Monday, January 15, 2018 Growing until … Philippians 1:6 He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; One of the questions that older Christians sometimes contemplate when the issue of Christian growth comes up is, how much
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Daily Devotional – Saturday, January 13, 2018
Living Stones – Saturday, January 13, 2018 Growing up 2 Peter 3:18 … grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The idea that a Christian should be growing is not one that comes as a surprise to us. This is basic stuff. Nevertheless, we
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Daily Devotional – Friday, January 12, 2018
Living Stones – Friday, January 12, 2018 Pleasing God Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. The Judeo-Christian worldview to which we subscribe
January 12, 2018 by Pastor Alex