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Jesus knew we loved stories and so He spoke from stories quite a bit of the time. The type of stories he used were called parables. What is a parable? A parable is often defined as “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” It’s a story that deals with earthy things in order to talk …
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There are times in our reading of Scripture when we encounter apparent contradictions. This happened to me the other day when I began reading Paul's letter to the Galatian church. In Galatians 1:10, Paul writes: For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were …
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Matthew Erickson 