A Weekly Blog from Paul Sartarelli
Sarah laughed to herself… [Genesis 18:12] Wouldn’t it be nice to laugh like that—to hear God promised something so preposterous that all we can do is laugh? Ha! That’ll never happen. That prodigal will never come home. That cancer won’t…
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“The whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts.” We’ve all heard that maxim. It is often mysteriously true.
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The Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years…” [Genesis 6] So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. [Romans 1] …when God patiently…
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Violence shall no more be in your land,devastation or destruction within your borders.You shall call your walls “Salvation,”and your gates “Praise.” [Isaiah 60:18] All-Star Browns defensive end Myles Garrett said recently that he wants to bring a Super Bowl trophy…
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Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. [1 Peter 4:8] I officiated a wedding last weekend. Love was in the air. The husband-to-be insisted that I speak about love as an action. Yes!…
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But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. [Matthew 24:13] The most essential characteristic for you to [fill in the blank] (finish well; succeed, live a life well-lived; do a job well-done; demonstrate a redeemed life) is……
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But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for…
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Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who…
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“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are…
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“Six days you shall work. And on the seventh day, rest.” “Because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, Jesus said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a…
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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was…
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God: this is your true worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but…
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