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Many Will be Made Righteous
1. What Is Righteousness Righteousness is basically alignment with the heart/mind of God (which at its core, is to love God and love neighbor – Matt 22:34-40). Humanity’s rebellion against God has caused the breakdown of our relationship with God and others. Ephesians 2:15 says about Christ: “His purpose was
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From Pain to Gain
1. Series: God’s Message to the Church in Smyrna This is part of a series on the seven churches in Asia Minor (Revelation 2-3). This article covers the message to the church in Smyrna (Rev 2:8-11). The video messages of letters to churches in Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7), Smyrna (Rev 2: 8-11),
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United in a Resurrection Like His
1. Hope of a Meaningful Life The gospel is God’s promise that our life, values, actions, the cross, death, and resurrection in some way will follow a pattern of Jesus’. Christ’s life/death/resurrection is the hope of a meaningful/purposeful life – along with Christ, in the current creation as well as
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United in a (Life And) Death Like His
1. Dangerously Empowering Jesus stood toe-to-toe with the bullies and exposed the hypocrisy of the religious leaders who had the political influence to torture and kill. On the other hand, he was empowering/liberating the common people (and the victims of the bullies – which threatened the religious careers of the