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God’s love for us is greater than you can imagine. It is a warm personal love, and also the love that is loyal and gives us assurance in the promises God has made. Take a walk through the scriptures with Jeff and come to learn about ahav, hesed, phileo and agape, the love of God in action. It will give you hope and confidence in your Creator who loves you with an everlasting love.
Learn more about God’s love:
Finding True Love
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In 2012 the challenges facing the West loomed large: from the fiscal cliff and economic free fall to the massacre of school children. But perhaps the issues of 2012 pale in comparison with what has happened in this past decade. It is evident in 2022 that these events in our world can rob of us joy. But what can bring us godly joy in the face of such trials and challenges? How can we be filled with the Christian joy — chara, that God promises through the power of His spirit? Jeff Patton explains how God plans to make our joy complete.
Learn more about JOY:
This Way to Godly Joy
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Christians believe that they are honouring Christ on His birthday when they celebrate Christmas traditions. But was He born on December 25th? Or does it really matter when He was born? Let history and the scriptures make the truth about Christ’s birth plain. Get all the facts and then you can decide how best to worship Him in accordance with the truth.
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In the face of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, we must ask ourselves, “Why?” The bible offers the answer, and points us back to our “cultural square one.” Yet many households have no relationship with our historic, cultural/spiritual roots, as they have no bible in their homes and no knowledge of the basic moral cultural roots that have been lost and forgotten by this generation. Yet the bible is our heritage, and our “cultural square one” that will give us light in darkness if we are willing to listen to its message. So whether we live in a society like that of ancient Judah during the tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes’ rule of darkness, or that of our modern society of spiritual darkness we can have hope in God’s light.
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World leaders realize, “It is a moral imperative to pursue peace.” Yet, the Jews and Palestinians seek vainly for an elusive peace. Peace is something that the holiday season focuses on, yet the world has precious little peace. Why do we lack peace? What were the conditions that were to produce peace in a nation and between nations? How is the Peace of God going to have an impact on nations, and individuals, especially those who call themselves Christians – spiritual Jews?
Learn more about Peace:
Peace in a Time of Cyber Warfare — Peace that Passes Understanding
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Learn more about God’s Nature:
What God Loves
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Mark Twain once wryly remarked—essentially—that to not keep up with the news was to be un-informed. But to slavishly believe all that the news media puts out means only that one becomes mis-informed. How much can we really believe about the various news reports concerning the General David Petraeus affair?