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Today’s Reflection: “Watch out for people who cause divisions…such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests.” (Romans 16:17-18) I strongly believe that job number one for every Christian as it relates to our personal responsibility in the church is to protect the unity [...]
Today’s Reflection: “I commend to you Phoebe…she has been helpful to many, and especially to me.” (Romans 16:1) So who was Phoebe? We don’t really know, except that she was a deacon in the church in Cenchrea—which brings up a whole different matter about women deacons. I won’t go there [...]
Today’s Reflection: “Everyone has sinned and is far away from God’s saving presence. But by the free gift of God’s grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.” (Romans 3:23,24) So many people are overwhelmed by the complexity of religion. They’re intimidated by it, [...]
Read Romans 16:1-27 Friends I commend to you Phoebe…she has been helpfulto many, and especially to me.~Romans 16:1 Digging Deeper: So who was Phoebe? We don’t really know, except that she was a deacon in the church in Cenchrea—which brings up a whole different matter about women deacons. I won’t [...]
Read Romans 15:1-33 Go Missional “My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name ofChrist has never been heard, rather than where a church has alreadybeen started by someone else. I have been following the planspoken of in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘Those whohave never [...]
Read Romans 15:14-33 Get Your Ambition On! It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is notknown, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.~Romans 15:20 Digging Deeper: It’s time to get your ambition on! Ambition is something that in our day has [...]
Read Romans 15:1-13 A Bad Case of the Me-asles “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weakand not to please ourselves. Each of us should please hisneighbor for his good, to build him up.~Romans 15:1-2 Digging Deeper: It’s the worst disease of all. It’s called [...]
Ray Noah
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