A Weekly Blog from Paul Sartarelli
Even though you intended to do me harm, God intended it for good. [Genesis 50:20] All things work together for good, for those who love the Lord and are called according to his purposes. [Romans 8:28] God really can bring…
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He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All…
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For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. [Matthew 12:8] This verse was part of the translating assignment for my Greek students this week. The discussion ensued about why the word that is normally rendered “and” should…
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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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