A Weekly Blog from Paul Sartarelli
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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My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead. Not that I have already…
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I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while—yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so…
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But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace. [James 3:17–18] Again and again the…
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Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD?” [Isaiah 40:27] On Sunday I took the words above to mean that the Jewish exiles were complaining that while they are miserably exiled in…
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Do not be conformed to this world. But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. [Romans 12:1] The well-known paraphrase of this by J.B. Phillips is quite poignant: “Don’t let the world squeeze you into its mold.” That is a…
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“You are to labor six days, but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.” [Exodus 34:21] Did you have a restful Memorial Day? It was quite nice to have no meetings or…
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