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“I’m born again and possess a renewed life!” Yippee! Yahoo! I love to repeat that whenever I can because it is such great and exciting news! Paul wrote, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me . . .!” (Galatians 2:20).

Paul told the church in Corinth, “Therefore if any person is ingrafted in Christ he is a new creation—a new creature altogether; the old has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!” (II…

Yehoveh gave our forefather Abraham, the land of Canaan “for an everlasting possession” (Genesis 17:8), yet our politicians are continually trying to divide it up and give it to the enemy of Yehoveh (and Yehoveh’s chosen people).

In case you are confused, “everlasting” means never-ending. You might be thinking, “Abraham had to rejoice when YHWH promised his descendants a permanent homeland, 'as far as they could see,' and it would last into…

Paul wrote the Philippian Christians and introduced the truth, “Let the mind of Christ be in you.” Amazingly, when he wrote that, he was imprisoned in Rome.

I know I have mentioned this before, but it still amazes me that Paul was in a jail cell when he enthusiastically declared he had the ”mind,” or attitude of Christ, casting aside his reputation to become a servant of Jesus and his church. Now he wrote, “I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you…

I'm pretty sure we have all heard the story about the prodigal son. If not, well let me know and I can direct you to the story. Anyway, I love the story, some hate it, and it has been taught and considered from every possible angle . . . but I still get insights once in awhile. Recently, I was thinking about the condition of that “prodigal.” He was slopping the pigs with their food thinking, “Wow! I’ve really blown it.”

What he needed—and finally discovered— is what…