Noah’s Ark God told Noah to build an ark. Even though it hadn’t rained, nor had it flooded, God instructed Noah build this ark thing. Contrary to what we assume, the Bible doesn’t tell us exactly how long before the flood Noah began the work. Genesis 6 gives a timeframe of 120 years, but it […]
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Six End Times Instructions for Today You’re probably familiar with the Olivet Discourse. Peter, James, John and Andrew, privately asked Jesus about the signs of His return. Jesus replied with six very significant end of the world instructions that we need to heed today. But before I get into the instructions, note that the disciples
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I love our nation. I’m so thankful to have been born in the United States. I’m thankful for all the blessings we have been able to enjoy. I’m so thankful for the men and women who have and are defending our nation. Our nation has been used mightily for God in sending missionaries and resourcing
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At Stand Firm, we recently changed our tagline. We’d been simply saying we encouraged believers to hold on, but we’ve shifted to now saying, we help believers navigate such a time as this. Implied in the navigating is that encouragement to hold on. When talking about navigating—different things may come to mind for each of
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I know it’s a strong picture and title for a pastor to use. Especially, when he’s not talking about physically picking up arms, but rather fighting a war of ideas. I believe the strong language of this blog series and the force of the war imagery is necessary because this battle carries weighty resonating consequences.
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