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Mapping the Terrain—The Glorious Church The term “glorious Church” may evoke the picture of that final state in which the people of God will be united forever to Christ as a bride to her bridegroom. Indeed, this grand event which will take place at the end of all history contains the image of a Virgin…

God’s righteousness can’t fill a dirty vessel. In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of “childbed fever.” A doctor's daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there…

Arrest Mistake A man is being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy road. Suddenly the light turns yellow just in front of him. He does the right thing and stops at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by putting “the pedal to the metal” through the intersection. The tailgating…

Righteousness, Self-Control, and the Coming Judgment 24 Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid…

"Christian Man," owns many liquor stores becasue he figures people will buy liquor anyways, might as well be from him.

Be not simply good – be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 670

“If you have a friend who likes snowboarding, you go snowboarding with him and it strengthens your relationship,” he explains. “Well, God loves justice, so if you seek justice with God, you’ll get to know Him better by being involved in something He cares about.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things,…

"Always do right - This will gratify some and astonish the rest."- Mark Twain

Don't expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. It isn't like that. It's not splashy and bold . . . nor is it dispensed like a prescription across a counter. Wisdom comes privately from God as a by-product of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application…

ILLUSTRATION: Grace, Salvation David Jeremiah points out that in the 1980s, the Smith-Barney brokerage firm made a series of commercials in which distinguished actor John Houseman spoke the famous line, "We make money the old-fashioned way. We earn it!" Sometime later, based on that commercial, a Christian…