Category Archives: Jesus

Seasonality

Posted on August 17, 2021 by wamplerp

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and … Continue reading →

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Vanishing Mist

Posted on August 9, 2021 by wamplerp

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Death and Dying, Discernment, Following God, James, Jesus, The Earthly Realm, The Spiritual Realm | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Him Who is Invisible

Posted on July 25, 2021 by wamplerp

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He regarded … Continue reading →

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Mixing Blood and Water

Posted on July 24, 2021 by wamplerp

In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it … Continue reading →

Posted in atonement, Ceremonial Cleansing, Christian Community, Christianity, Covenant, Faith, Following God, Forgiveness, Free Will, God's Love for Us, Hebrews, Jesus, living water, Messiah, Redemption, The Spiritual Realm | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Falling Away

Posted on July 18, 2021 by wamplerp

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age … Continue reading →

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Confused Kindling and Green Wood

Posted on July 10, 2021 by wamplerp

I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with … Continue reading →

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Discerning Discipleship

Posted on July 2, 2021 by wamplerp

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth … Continue reading →

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Canals of Connection

Posted on June 30, 2021 by wamplerp

For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud … Continue reading →

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The Master Gardener

Posted on June 29, 2021 by wamplerp

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Stone

Posted on June 20, 2021 by wamplerp

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.” It is … Continue reading →

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