Psalm 2:1-6 "Why do the nations rage and the people plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers of the earth council together, against the Lord and against His anointed saying, 'Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us'. He who sits in the heavens …
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The Provocative Devotion: Psalm 1
One of the dangers of being a teacher of the Bible as ones profession is that the Bible can easily become something to dissect, study, analyze, and disseminate to others. Every reading of the Bible can turn into an exercise of the mind and never the heart. Aware of that danger I have made a …
Provocative Bible Verses: The Fellowship of Suffering
"I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death" Philippians 3:10 We met the first week of sixth grade. I was the new kid in the class and as it turned out we lived two streets apart. In one …
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Provocative Bible Verses: Jesus Came to Divide People
"Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law" Matthew 10:34-35 There is a clear impression …
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The Provocative Christian 