Tag Archives: eternity

It’s Not Really A Sacrifice

Posted on 2016/09/02 by Shawn Thomas

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.”  (Matthew 19:29) Some Christians might admit to … Continue reading →

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“The Drink Offering: Don’t Waste Your Life” (Phil. 2:17 sermon)

Posted on 2016/04/04 by Shawn Thomas

Some time ago, as I was getting out of my car, I noticed that I had a can of Coke in the cup holder.  I can’t stand to leave anything in my car, so I picked up the can to take it … Continue reading →

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The Tent

Posted on 2016/02/10 by Shawn Thomas

“For if we know that the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (II Corinthians 5:1) People refer to their bodies in … Continue reading →

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God Of Eternity — and 2016!

Posted on 2016/01/01 by Shawn Thomas

“For thus says the high and exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is Holy …” (Isaiah 57:15) This is one of a number of verses in Isaiah in which God reveals something of His glory to His people Israel … Continue reading →

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It Makes All The Difference

Posted on 2015/12/15 by Shawn Thomas

Would you still be a Christian even if there were no heaven, no eternity, no resurrection? I have heard some people make that claim, but I myself cannot adhere to it.  Such people have said, “The Christian life is the … Continue reading →

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Not In This World

Posted on 2015/12/14 by Shawn Thomas

“If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.” (I Corinthians 15:19) How important is Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? In this part of I Corinthians 15, Paul listed a … Continue reading →

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“With The Last”

Posted on 2015/11/12 by Shawn Thomas

“I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He.” (Isaiah 41:4) God tells us two important things about Himself in this verse: — God was first. He was already in existence when nothing else was. He … Continue reading →

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Heroes In The Wrong Things

Posted on 2015/08/18 by Shawn Thomas

“Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant men in mixing strong drink.”  (Isaiah 5:22) In Isaiah 5, the prophet details many of the sins of God’s people for which He is calling a foreign nation to … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate “Wrong Side of History”: A Psalm For Our Times,

Posted on 2015/06/29 by Shawn Thomas

Christians in America have been dismayed by many recent events in our country, the Supreme Court decision regarding same-sex marriage prominent among them.  It is easy to feel overwhelmed by what seems to be an unrelenting tide of ungodliness, and … Continue reading →

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“Comforting the Afflicted & Afflicting the Comfortable” James 1:9-11

Posted on 2012/09/16 by Shawn Thomas

In the early 1900’s, humorist Finley Peter Dunne said that “The newspaper does everything for us. It runs the police force and the banks, commands the militia, controls the legislature, baptizes the young, marries the foolish, comforts the afflicted and … Continue reading →

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