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Choosing a Leader

In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he’d chosen. After his … Continue reading

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Don’t Give Up

Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was … Continue reading

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The Best Choice

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he … Continue reading

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Wisdom and Knowledge

I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I’m an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the … Continue reading

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Their Goal

I’m speaking the truth in Christ—I’m not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit—I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for … Continue reading

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Our Choice

There’s now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless … Continue reading

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A Bad Decision

Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. “Are you the king … Continue reading

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Stand Firm

As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every … Continue reading

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Sincere Love

Now that you’ve purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you’ve been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living … Continue reading

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More Valuable Than Gold

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who’ve been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to … Continue reading

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