Turkey
With Thanksgiving we perhaps think about Turkey. It was apparently George H. W. Bush who began the tradition of pardoning a Turkey. I find it interesting that they would call it that – pardon – what was the Turkey’s offense? We know that the first animals to be butchered were butchered by the LORD in order to cover Adam and …
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The Importance of the Means
They say that the end justifies the means. But with that statement we suppose we know what the end is, and what every end is. God is much bigger. He is the One who can say all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (Rom 8:28). We suppose …
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The Need to be Faithfulness Oriented not Fruitfulness Obsessed
Faithfulness oriented means that we direct or position ourselves toward faithfulness. Faithfulness to God’s will as it is revealed in the teaching of the Bible. Being obsessed with fruitfulness we would seek to be fruitful above all else. But true fruit, which is not necessarily externally evident, comes from God. An acknowledgment that God causes fruit and growth leads to …
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