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dave57pope
Jun 20, 20241 min read
Truly Redeemed
The redeemer replied, "I can't redeem [it] myself, or I will ruin my [own] inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I can't...
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dave57pope
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Nothing in This World
But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to...
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dave57pope
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Wise Counsel
Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law." - Ruth 1:15 Have you ever...
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dave57pope
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Never Give Up
So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. - Galatians 6:9 In order to reap a...
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dave57pope
Jun 16, 20242 min read
Running Wild
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted. - Judges 21:25 The last five words of the verse above may be...
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dave57pope
Jun 15, 20242 min read
Hearts, Not Hands
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. - Galatians 6:7 Those of us who have been involved...
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dave57pope
Jun 14, 20241 min read
Plain Old Hoodoo
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest." - Judges 17:13 As a kid, did you...
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dave57pope
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Bearing Others' Burdens
Bear one another's burdens and therefore fulfill the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:2 Jesus summarized the Old Testament law with two...
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dave57pope
Jun 12, 20241 min read
The Foundation of Failure
Then she cried, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" When he awoke from his sleep, he said, "I will escape as I did before and shake...
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dave57pope
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Your Best Life Now
I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. - Galatians 5:16 Would you like to be a better person?...
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dave57pope
Jun 10, 20242 min read
A Dangerous Relaxation
So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my...
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dave57pope
Jun 9, 20241 min read
A Friend of God
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? – Galatians 4:16 Within the church at Galatia, there arose a sect that...
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dave57pope
Jun 8, 20241 min read
Some Thing or Some One
Then Manoah said to Him, "What is Your name, so that we may honor You when Your words come true?'" "Why do you ask My name," the Angel of...
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dave57pope
Jun 7, 20241 min read
Enemies of Truth
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? - Galatians 4:16 Every time I come across this question in my annual trek through...
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dave57pope
Jun 6, 20241 min read
Raising "Samsons"
He said to me, "You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or other alcoholic beverages, and do not eat...
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dave57pope
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Don't Be "Other-ist"
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ...
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dave57pope
Jun 4, 20241 min read
No Matter the Cost
When he saw her he tore his clothes and said, "No! [Not] my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have...
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dave57pope
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Such Grace
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to...
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dave57pope
Jun 2, 20241 min read
Keeping Your Word With God
I have given my word to YHWH and I cannot take it back. - Judges 11:35 The story of Jephthah and his daughter is both tragic and...
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dave57pope
Jun 1, 20241 min read
Be A God-Pleaser
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I...
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