Monthly Archives: April 2017
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Refusing to be Encouraged
Posted on April 24, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.You know how some people can’t take a compliment? You tell them “great job,” but they deflect the praise or explain it away. Some more pious folks will immediately point to God and say that it’s all of God. No it’s not. Sure, we are to cast down our golden crowns before God in recognition […]
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The Bottle Dungeon
Posted on April 17, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I can’t imagine what it would be like to be buried alive. Utter and absolute darkness. Trapped. A living death. No way out. It makes me consider what hell would be like. The Bible describes hell as a place of punishment, reserved for those who rebel against God. The book of Revelation says that “if […]
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Fig-uring Out Christ’s Concern for His Father’s House
Posted on April 14, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.(This is the second of two articles related to Jesus’ teaching in Mark 11 that His Father’s house is to be a house of prayer. Click here for the first article. For more on the church as a house of prayer see Stanley D Gale, “God’s House of Prayer – Extreme Makeover Edition.”) “For it […]
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A House of Prayer is not the same as a Place of Prayer
Posted on April 10, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.(This is the first of two articles related to Jesus’ teaching in Mark 11 that His Father’s house is to be a house of prayer. For more on the church as a house of prayer see Stanley D Gale, “God’s House of Prayer – Extreme Makeover Edition.”) I sat toward the back of the rows […]
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