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Praying for Your Enemies by bob

February 10th, 2010

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Someone wrote me after Sunday’s sermon where Moses prayed for the children of Israel who wanted to stone him (Numbers 14), “How do I pray for my enemies? Someone has been very cruel to a family member, and I’m not sure how to pray for them.”
 
This was my answer.  Hopefully it might help more than [...]

Question:
 
Recently someone sent me a question for which I should have had a ready answer.  I sent the writer a preliminary response, then started looking for a simple book or web page.  Three weeks later I still haven’t found a concise, helpful answer that doesn’t come with some baggage – i.e., a narrow interpretation of [...]

Full of anger and grief by bob

March 15th, 2009

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On Thursday, March 12, 2007, four members of one Laotian family were murdered in their home while the father was away at work.  Click here for the news report.  One Corinth family lives on the same street.  Another Corinth member wrote me the following e-mail on Saturday - her question and my response are shared [...]

Eternal Security by bob

March 14th, 2009

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Question:
A friend of mine is struggling with the issue of eternal security.  Here’s the gist of his struggle:
John 1:17 says, “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
Eph 2:8 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith.”  Ok, so salvation has come thru grace by [...]

God’s Will for the House by bob

March 6th, 2009

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Question:
Our house has not sold, nor have we even had an offer.  I recognize the housing market is depressed, and I am becoming that way myself.  It was our intent to move and rent an apartment in the event the house did not sell.  I am having second thoughts about that, not because I don’t [...]