Control

February 25, 2025

by Mark Chatfield via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2, June 30, 1989 Several days ago, I went for a lunchtime walk near the Air and Space Museum in downtown Washington, D.C., near my office. I was considering the fine weather and fresh breeze. Suddenly, a sheet from the Washington Post skittered diagonally across the…

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The Power of Adjectives

October 3, 2024

by Terry Wane Benton One of my favorite verses on prayer is Ephesians 3:20. Notice the adjectives used. Taking out the adjectives, Paul said, “God is able to do…all we ask or think.” Putting in the adjectives one at a time: God is able to do above all we ask or think. Then, “God is…

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Grace and Authority

July 23, 2024

by Doy Moyer Grace can only come from one with the power and authority to grant it. Some may pit emphasis on God’s authority over against emphasis on grace, but they go hand in hand. The only way that grace can mean anything to us is that it has been offered by the only One…

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By What Power?

April 28, 2024

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/By-What-Power.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 4:1-12   I.         There is a appeal to being your own boss, to do your own thing, and not answer to anyone             A.        You can see it during the times of the Judges – Judges 21:25                         1.         Yet, it is a period marked by the Israelites’ behavior going from bad to…

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Kept by the Power of God

April 19, 2024

by Terry Wane Benton Peter makes a wonderful comment about how Christians are “kept by the power of God” (I Peter 1:4). However, the statement goes on to say that this keeping is “through faith.” So, God’s power to keep us is through this channel of connection. We can cut off this channel or connection…

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What is the power of God in I Corinthians 2:4-5?

October 18, 2023

Question: In I Corinthians 1:17 “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Gospel – not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power” and I Corinthians 2:4-5 “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words but with a demonstration of…

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