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Ephesians 2:1 “And you were dead in your transgressions and sins…”   Ephesians 2:1-2 describes some extraordinary thoughts that can easily be overlooked; “And you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the…

Ephesians 1:1 “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:”   When a 21st-century Christian reads and interprets the Bible, how does that compare…

Genesis 8:22 – “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”   After the flood of Noah, the above scripture, Genesis 8:22, was an assurance to mankind that God…

2 John 1:4: “I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.” The books of the New Testament are essentially letters either to individuals or to churches. Yet,…

Revelation 16:16: “… they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”   Even in the secular world, Christian terms are surprisingly popular. For example, hashtag words like #armageddon are in vogue with all the upheaval in…

John 15:18: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.”     When pro-Hamas protesters use the phrase “From the River to the Sea,” it implies the complete elimination of Israel and the…

Ezekiel 36:15: “I will not let you hear anymore the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”   One of…

Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that…

Ezekiel 38:10-11 “…and you will devise an evil scheme and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages.”   It’s often more intuitive to focus on the minutiae and miss the big picture of significant events. The…