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“A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit”

Photo by Austin Curtis on Unsplash In Matthew 12, Jesus says that “a tree is known by its fruit.” He applies this to what comes out of our mouths. What kind of fruit do we produce? Scripture:        1 Samuel, chapters 30-31; 1 Chronicles, chapter 10; Matthew, chapter 12 Matthew 12:33-37 (CEB): “Either consider the tree good and its fruit good, or consider the tree rotten and its fruit rotten. A tree is known by its fruit. Children of snakes! How […]

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Christianity, Morality, and Socialism – Jacobin magazine

Login“Religion,” our new issue, is out now. Subscribe to our print edition today. For some, searching for a surer moral footing upon which to launch a socialist political program has again raised the specter of Christian ethics.Jesus Christ carries the cross to his crucifixion in a painting by Titian, ca. 1560. (Wikimedia Commons)Religion, our latest issue, is out now. Subscribe to our print edition and don’t miss it. Christianity is having something of a moment.Since around 2020, a fascination with […]

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I Wanted a Bigger God Than My Hindu Guru Offered – ChristianityToday.com

I was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Shortly after, my family moved to England and settled in a leafy suburb near London.My elder brother and I went to a good school. In Indian families like ours, education was a status symbol and an avenue toward long-term success. Although the school wasn’t Christian, we sang hymns every morning, prayed before lunch, and prayed again before leaving for home. Every Christmas I took part in the school’s Nativity play.In the 1970s, Indian families […]

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Verse of the Day – Romans 4:25

[Jesus] was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. —Romans 4:25Thoughts on Today's Verse...Why are the Cross and the Empty Tomb so important? Everything essential and truly lasting in this life and our salvation in the life to come depends upon Jesus' death and resurrection! Jesus came to earth, lived among us as one of us, went to the cross, was buried in a borrowed tomb, and was raised victorious over death, […]

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Romans 4:25 — Today’s Verse for Thursday, April 25, 2024

[Jesus] was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. — Romans 4:25 Now you can listen to Today's Verse on iTunes, Spotify, Echo devices, and more! Thoughts on Today's Verse... Why are the Cross and the Empty Tomb so important? Everything essential and truly lasting in this life and our salvation in the life to come depends upon Jesus' death and resurrection! Jesus came to earth, lived among us as one of […]

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Is Christianity Doomed to Fail in Japan? – Radical.net

/article/podcastRadical trains and equips churches and followers of Christ to spread gospel hope on the front lines of urgent need among the nations.GIVE TO RADICAL →Urgent comes alongside indigenous believers in some of the hardest to reach places on earth. There, we seek to make disciples, multiply churches and provide humanitarian relief in ways that are biblically faithful and practically effective.GIVE TO URGENT →Stratus synthesizes reliable data from different sources to clearly display the world’s most urgent spiritual and physical […]

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A Dissatisfied Generation | My Journey

Photo by Robert Ruggiero on Unsplash In Matthew 11, Jesus describes a dissatisfied generation – they complained about John the Baptist, and they complained about Jesus. How can we avoid being part of the “dissatisfied generation”? Scripture:        1 Samuel, chapters 28-29; Psalm 109; Matthew, chapter 11 Matthew 11:16-19 (CEB): “To what will I compare this generation? It is like a child sitting in the marketplaces calling out to others, ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We […]

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People Need to Know: Christianity is Both True and Powerful – Decision Magazine

For 35 years, I was a skeptical atheist in a family of non-Christians. I occasionally encountered believers who shared their personal testimony, but I seldom found their stories compelling. My father’s second wife, for example, became a Mormon and subsequently raised six children in that faith, despite the fact that my father remained a committed atheist. My half-siblings also shared personal testimonies based on their experiences. Since the claims of Christ and Mormonism are contradictory, I knew both worldviews couldn’t be true, […]

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Mark 4:24-25 — Today’s Verse for Wednesday, April 24, 2024

"Consider carefully what you hear," [Jesus] continued. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to you — and even more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." — Mark 4:24-25 Now you can listen to Today's Verse on iTunes, Spotify, Echo devices, and more! Thoughts on Today's Verse... "O be careful little ears what you hear ... for the Father up above is looking down in […]

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