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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon

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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Every time a new year comes close, something in me start feeling that weird mix of excitement and heaviness. Maybe you know the feeling too—like you’re standing at this invisible doorway. One foot in the old year (the stuff you want to forget but somehow still sticks to you like stubborn glue), and the other foot stepping into something you still can’t see clearly. And sometimes you’re hopeful, sometimes you’re scared, sometimes you’re… well, both at the same time. I was thinking about all that while reading some Scriptures again, and honestly, it hit me harder this year. Maybe because life been kinda loud lately, or maybe because I’m tired of pretending everything always makes sense. But the Bible does this thing, right? It sneaks into the parts of your heart you thought you cleaned up, and suddenly you realize God is trying to talk to you again. Even if it feels like you weren’t exactly listening. S...
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Isaiah Chapter 22 Exposition and Commentary

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  Exposition and Commentary on Isaiah Chapter 22                                              Photo by  Alicia Quan  on  Unsplash Isaiah 22 is portion of a segment within the Book of Isaiah known as the "Prophets Against the Countries" (chapters 13–23). One of a kind among these prophets, chapter 22 shifts center internal, displaying a prophetic message not against remote countries, but against Jerusalem, alluded to allegorically here as the “Valley of Vision.” The chapter mixes lovely prescience with authentic implications, and it carries subjects of lost believe, caution, judgment, and responsibility.  Verses 1–4: The Burden of the Valley of Vision “The prophet concerning the Valley of Vision: What do you cruel merely have gone up, all of you, to the housetops, you who are full of yelling, violent city, jubilant town? Your killed are not kille...
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Isaiah Chapter 21 – A Prophecy Against the Nations

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  Isaiah Chapter 21 – A Prophecy Against the Nations                                     Photo by  Alicia Quan  on  Unsplash Isaiah chapter 21 may be a portion of the "Prophets Against the Countries" area of the Book of Isaiah, which ranges a few chapters (Isaiah 13–23). These prophets uncover God's judgment not as it were upon Israel and Judah but moreover upon remote countries. In chapter 21, the center is on Babylon, Edom (Dumah), and Arabia. This chapter is composed of three particular predictions: The Drop of Babylon (vv. 1–10) A Message to Dumah (vv. 11–12) A Prescience Against Arabia (vv. 13–17) Let's walk through this chapter segment by segment, deciphering the prophetic dialect and understanding its religious suggestions.  1. The Fall of Babylon (Isaiah 21:1–10) Text Summary: "The prophet concerning the wild of the ocean. As tornadoes within the Negeb clear ...
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Jeremiah 29:11 "For I Know the Plans I Have for You"

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  For I Know the Plans I Have for You" Jeremiah 29:11                                   Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) : "For I know the plans I have for you," announces the Master, "plans to thrive you and not to hurt you, plans to grant you trust and a future." Among the foremost quoted and cherished verses within the Book of scriptures, Jeremiah 29: 11 offers a significant message of trust, particularly in times of vulnerability. It is as often as possible seen on welcoming cards, graduation blessings, and motivational blurbs. But underneath its surface lies a profoundly relevant and generally established message—a guarantee made to a individuals in oust, which still echoes with meaning nowadays. This exposition will investigate the verse in its authentic, philosophical, and individual measurements, pointing to reveal the profundity of its meaning and its suggestions ...
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Homosexuality: What Does the Bible Say?

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  Homosexuality: What Does the Bible Say?  Photo by Mahrael Boutros on Unsplash The Book of scriptures is one of the foremost compelling writings within the world, forming the convictions and ethical frameworks of billions of individuals over centuries. On the subject of homosexuality, the Book of scriptures has been a source of critical discourse and debate—among scholars, researchers, clergy, and laypeople alike. Translations of Sacred text shift broadly, with a few seeing it as condemning all same-sex connections, whereas others see room for certifying same-sex cherish inside a Christian system. This article investigates the essential scriptural entries that talk about homosexuality, the chronicled and social setting of those sections, and how different Christian conventions translate them nowadays.  Key Biblical Passages There are a modest bunch of verses within the Book of scriptures that are regularly cited in discourses of homosexuality. These sections span bot...
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Isaiah Chapter 20 – A Living Prophecy

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Isaiah Chapter 20 – A Living Prophecy Photo by  Alicia Quan  on  Unsplash Introduction Isaiah Chapter 20 is one of the most brief chapters within the book of Isaiah, comprising of as it were six verses. However, its brevity does not lessen its noteworthiness. This chapter conveys a sensational prophetic sign against Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia), including Isaiah himself in an unordinary and exceedingly typical act. It illustrates how God's messages can now and then be conveyed not as it were through words but too through obvious activities that challenge both the prophet and his gathering of people. To get it this chapter completely, we must see at the chronicled and geopolitical background of the 8th century BCE and the part of prediction in old Judah.  Text of Isaiah 20 (ESV) 1 Within the year that the commander-in-chief, who was sent by Sargon the ruler of Assyria, came to Ashdod and battled against it and captured it— 2 at that time the Master talked by Isaiah...
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Isaiah Chapter 19 – A Prophecy Concerning Egypt

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  Isaiah Chapter 19 – A Prophecy Concerning Egypt                                                    Photo by  Alicia Quan  on  Unsplash Overview: Isaiah 19 could be a prophetic prophet conveyed against Egypt. This chapter shapes portion of a bigger area in Isaiah (chapters 13–23) that incorporates judgments on different countries. Egypt, known for its control and shrewdness, is here depicted as defenseless to both inner collapse and divine judgment, taken after by an unforeseen rebuilding. The chapter is both a caution and a vision of trust, concluding with a prophetic see of solidarity between Egypt, Assyria, and Israel.  Verses 1–4: The Lord’s Swift Judgment “The prophet concerning Egypt. Observe, the Master is riding on a quick cloud and comes to Egypt; and the symbols of Egypt will tremble at his nearness, and the heart of ...
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