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Debunking Spiritual Myths: Cursing the Blessed
Have you heard people say uy curse yan, bawiin mo yan. Or the power of words, I rebuke that over my life. It sounds spiritual in nature and legit to undo the curse. Yet many people take this to extremes. It is based on the concept of the power of words. As believers, we think…
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The Mishandling of the Bible and Our Quiet Times
“The Bible is no longer read as a text for living prayerfully and obediently-the full spectrum of the human condition and the staggering wonders of the revelation of God-but is advertised as the world’s bestseller collection of bumper-sticker slogans, happy-face promises, and seven-step moralisms that can give you everything worth knowing in the Bible without…
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Women and How Jesus Elevated Them
WOMEN AND HOW THE WRITERS OF THE GOSPEL ELEVATED THEM: Matthew 27 54 When the centurion and those with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly, this was the Son of God!” 55 There were also many women there, looking on from…
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Leadership Motivations
Read Judges 12:8-14 8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 He had thirty sons, thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel for seven years. 10 Then, Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem. 11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and…
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The War Within
Read Judges 12:1-7 The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.” 2 And Jephthah said to them, “I and my…