Send a text Today we’re stepping back into 2 Samuel chapter 4 — a short chapter, but one packed with tension, and difficult moral choices, and a reminder of what it means to do the right thing when everyone around you seems to be doing the opposite. Human beings have the God‑given ability to distinguish between right and wrong. Even people who don’t believe ... Show More
Mar 6
Freedom in Christ. (Galatians 5: 1-12)
Send a text For four chapters, he has been laying down argument after argument, Scripture after Scripture, illustration after illustration, pleading with them not to return to the bondage of the law.... But now the question he asks becomes: If we’re not going back to the law, the ... Show More
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Mar 5
What Do You Choose - Slavery or Freedom. (Galatians 4: 21–31)
Send a textIt seems that in the Apostle Paul’s day, some Jews, particularly a contingent based out of Jerusalem, followed him from newly established church to church and told the people there that in order to be truly acceptable to God, you also had to keep the Jewish religious r ... Show More
32m 27s
Mar 4
Paul's Concern for People. (Galatians 4: 12-20)
Send a textWhen you read Paul’s letters, you quickly discover that he often writes a bit like a lawyer. Romans and Galatians especially feel like carefully constructed legal briefs—tight logic, precise argumentation, point building upon point. He’s persuading, reasoning, dismantl ... Show More
28m 5s
May 2023
Question & Answer 27
Question: Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist? Answer: Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuin ... Show More
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Mar 2025
Day 63: Israel's Rebellion (2025)
In our reading of Numbers 14 today, Fr. Mike highlights how the rebellion of the Israelites which was marked by distrust and fear, will have consequences for their children. We also read today Deuteronomy 12, and Psalm 95.
For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/b ... Show More
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