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Bible Explorations — Past
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Life After Grace
Many Christians operate under the mistaken
assumption that once we are "saved," we can sit back
and relax. Join Carol Bechtel as she traces the tests, tribulations
and victories of believers in both Old and New Testaments after
their experience of God's saving grace. |
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June 1997 |
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Part 1: Stepping Out In Faith —Exodus
14:10-30
Picture yourself on the banks of the Red Sea as the Exodus begins.
The fact of the matter is, you and all the people you love are
lined up as for a firing squad. [ Read
article ] |
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July/August1997 |
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Part 2: The Line, The Limit,
And the Law — Exodus 20:1-17
We don't stop needing limits when we grow up. Too much of a good
thing can kill us every bit as quickly as a small dose of the
demonic.
[ Read article
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September 1997 |
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Part 3: Worshiping Golden
Calves In Church — Exodus 32
The people of God are not immune to temptation. [ Read
article ] |
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October 1997 |
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Part 4: I Once Was Blind — Mark
10:46-52
Let's face it — it's a harsh world out there, especially
if you're Bartimaeus the blind beggar. The world was never so
harsh as on the day I was healed. [ Read
article ] |
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November 1997 |
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Part 5: Blessed Are the Mourners — Matthew
5:4
Faith, it seems, does not necessarily protect us from pain, disgrace
or disaster. Passages like these help us prepare for the inevitable.
[ Read article
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December 1997 |
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Part 6: Stop, Look and Listen — Numbers
22:1-40
It is not always easy to hear God speaking to us in an unfamiliar
voice. [ Read article
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January/February 1998 |
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Part 7: Deliver Us From Evil — Psalm
32
The love of the Lord towers over even the most formidable of enemies.
[ Read article
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March 1998 |
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Part 8: Once More with Feeling — 2
Samuel 12:1-14
It is easy to reconstruct reality to suit our own vanity. [ Read
article ] |
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April 1998 |
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Part 9: A Labor of Love — Luke
22:1-27
The "man of sorrows" is at our side.
[ Read article
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May 1998 |
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Part 10: Grow Up" in
Faith — Or Atrophy — Ephesians 4:1-16
Paul urges a rigorous regimen of "body building." [
Read article
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June/July 1998 |
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Part 11: We're Being
Followed — Psalm 23
Goodness and Mercy are hot on our trail.
[ Read article
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