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Do we love the things that God loves. As His children we should know what our Father loves and we will grow to love the same things. So what God loves is an important question for any Christian. Where do we go to know the answer? Jeff Patton searches the scriptures, for they provide us with ample evidence as to God’s nature and what He loves.
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What does God hate?
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The Eshet Chayil, or woman of valour, teaches the Christian about many aspects of living a life that pleases God,whether you are a woman or a man. The valiant wife is a metaphor of the kind of devotion that brethren should have in their service to God. In our society that no longer values the eshet chayil, we have settled for self-absorbed lives that lack the nobility of character that God desires. In understanding Proverbs 31 we can all aspire to the virtues that should be a part of our daily lives as the people of God.
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freedom by covenant, the magna carta’s roots in biblical teaching
The signing of the Magna Carta was an event in history that brought to the English speaking world a re-establishment of the concept of freedom that found its roots in the biblical idea of covenant. Jeff Patton discusses the importance of freedom as an “inalienable right” and how vital an understanding of freedom is to the message of Christ and the new covenant scriptures. What does your freedom in Christ do for you?
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William Wilberforce
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Are you living with difficult people, or are you a difficult person? God had a lot to say about His experience of working with people who were – qasheh meh od – stubborn, unteachable, or stiff-necked as the old english translates the Hebrew. So what advice does God offer on how to deal with these difficult people? And why does he want us, as Ambassador’s of Christ, to adopt this approach? The bible has the answers, and we would do well to listen. More
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New archeological evidence adds its voice to that of the biblical record about the reign of David and this connects in turn with the temple and the significance of Tisha Be’Av. Jeff Patton explains the connections and the lessons we can learn from the building and the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.