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Jun '17
Are You Living The Good Life?
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Jun '17
Wisdom Hunter, 2017
Those who desire life and desire to see good day, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it. – 1Peter 3:10-11
1 Peter, quoting from Psalm 34, is a letter written to those “who desire to love life and see good days.” At one level, this is a universal desire, is it not? Virtually everyone you meet is pursuing some version of “good days,” seeking peace, joy, and meaning in the way in which they live their lives. In America this vision is even woven into the very fabric of our society, protecting for each citizen the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Yet, as universal as this desire may be, I think if we dig a little deeper, we
may realize that making sense of this desire isn’t as simple as it might seem.
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May '17
The Whole Gospel
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May '17
Wisdom Hunter Devotional, 5/17/2017
The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ. Paul preached it as salvation for all who believe, “By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1Corinthians 15:2-4).
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May '17
Worship Changes Us
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May '17
Wisdom Hunter Devotional, 5/4/2017
“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths. Those who make them and all who trust them shall become like them.” Psalm 135:15-18
Would you consider yourself an idol worshipper? Likely not. Outside of church contexts, “idolatry” isn’t a common cultural phrase. The closest we come is perhaps the way in which we glamorize musical stars as “pop idols,” though perhaps this association is more significant than we might initially assume. Thousands of people pack into a stadium or concert hall to see something in these stars, these idols, that they desire.
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