Ornery Cows and Longsuffering

by Glen Young Sentry Magazine, June 2000 Once, when I was growing up, my dad traded a hog for a cow. I didn’t think at the time it was a very good trade. The old cow suffered from what was called ‘holler horn’ and besides, I did not relish the chore of milking. Now, ‘holler…

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The Many Forms of Patience

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Many-Forms-of-Patience.mp3 Text: II Timothy 2:23-26   I.         The example of Job             A.        Job understood that there is no arguing with the Creator of the universe – Job 9:1-4             B.        But in his frustrations with his friends’ insistence that he sinned, he wanted to argue his case – Job 23:1-7             C.        In this Job was wrong, but we find him…

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Patience

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Patience.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Psalms 33:12-22   I.         What do you do when things don’t go your way?             A.        When money becomes tight? Or someone cheats you?             B.        What happens when life gets difficult and you don’t have a solution?             C.        Or what happens when something needs to be done and you don’t have enough time?             D.        For…

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Our Security in Christ

by Edward O. Bragwell In our Grace – Obedience – Fellowship discussions, we are often told that without those in Christ being continuously cleansed of sin (even as they sin) we can have no real sense of security in Him. It goes something like this: It must be that God forgives us as we sin…

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Longsuffering

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Longsuffering.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Numbers 13:30-14:12   I.         In a desire to be kind, to give each person a chance, our criminal system frequently fails to uphold justice             A.        We assume people want to improve themselves, so we give people multiple second-chances.                         1.         For a few it is an opportunity to turn their life around                         2.         But…

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Forbearing One Another in Love

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014Spring3ForbearingOneAnotherInLove.mp3 by Brian Faulkner On Being a Christian

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Where does the Bible say that God’s patience is long but not endless?

Question: Sir, Kindly let me know where exactly it is written in the Holy Bible that God’s patience is long but not endless? I am very eager to know the exact book, chapter, and verse in the Holy Bible. Answer: “And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and…

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