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Overlooking Personal Offenses
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Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem
Nehemiah clearly had a great love for his people, the Jews. As Christians, we must learn from this, for we are likewise commanded to love our people—our brothers and sisters in Christ. We should be seeking to grow in our ...Read More
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The Most Precious Recipe
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Jonathan’s Covenant with David
The kind of covenant loyalty seen between David and Jonathan should characterize our relationships in the body of Christ. We are in covenant with God and with one another, so we should be seeking one another’s good. Let us seek ...Read More
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A Story of Hesed
God has shown us unwavering covenant loyalty and love—hesed—and we are to show the same in return to Him and to His people. We cannot do that without the aid of the Holy Spirit, whom the Lord gives to all ...Read More
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Gospel Benediction
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Abiding in the Love of Christ
Do we love Christ? If we do, we will seek to abide in His love, and we will abide in His love by seeking to obey Him. As we do that, however, we must never think that our obedience merits ...Read More
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The Art of Standing Firm
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The Mandate to Work
God’s command to love our neighbors is not an abstract principle or a call to mere sentiment. Instead, we are to love our neighbors concretely, and that love is to be shown even when we are at work in our ...Read More
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Love the Church over Its Health