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Thirty Is Not Second Place
A farmer walks his field after the first harvest and counts thirty grains for every seed he planted. He does not tear up the field. He plants again. Most of us read the parable of the sower and want t...
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A farmer walks his field after the first harvest and counts thirty grains for every seed he planted. He does not tear up the field. He plants again. Most of us read the parable of the sower and want t...
Nobody argues with a fig tree about its fruit. You look at the branch, you see what hangs there, and you know what kind of tree it is. Paul uses the same test in Romans 7. He does not ask what you bel...
We often mistake safety for stewardship. In the Parable of the Minas, a nobleman goes away to receive a kingdom. Before he leaves, he gives his servants money and a clear instruction. "Do business til...
We often look for physical provision: money, food, and resources. The Bible teaches that true supply starts in the spiritual domain. When Isaac blessed Jacob, he said: "Therefore may God give you of t...
We often judge a ministry by what we can see: size and public activity.But Scripture tells us that outward appearance never tells the whole story. When Samuel looked at Eliab, he was impressed.God was...
We often try to behave our way into transformation through stricter habits and stronger willpower. But Jesus gives a simpler picture: "He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit."John 15:5 Fr...
A courtroom and a cross say the same thing: the debt has been paid. The difference is that the cross paid it for everyone who will ever believe, two thousand years before they were born. Forgiveness i...
The Law demands fruit.Grace produces fruit. Jesus said, "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit."Matthew 7:18 Fruit is not forced.Fruit is the natural outcome of the life inside the tree. Paul writes, "It...
A road paved with gold sounds impressive until you realise it's just pavement.In heaven, the thing we chase on earth is simply flooring.Maybe that's God's gentle way of asking: Are you chasing the pav...