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Desmond Ford

February 2, 1929 – March 11, 2019

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    "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely" (Hosea 14:4).

    October 31, 2017

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    The sixties of last century was the beginning of the era of 'free love' with the implied notion that love can be had with no strings attached; without cost. Today's text indicates something different. Here free love takes upon itself the poor behavior of its object.  F...

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    " . . . And you experts in the law, woe to you because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift a finger to help them" (Luke 11:46).

    October 30, 2017

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    Persons who devote their lives to studying Scripture and teaching others about God are in a position to make life better--or worse--for those exposed to their ministry. The religious professionals addressed here by Jesus were worse than useless--they were positively da...

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    "Ephraim boasts, 'I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin'" (Hosea 12:8).

    October 29, 2017

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    Wealth deceives its possessor into thinking he has no need to obey rules that others must live by; that he is above the law; that he can get away with injustice. Few are able to be rich--and just.

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    "But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him he took pity on him.

    October 28, 2017

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    He who pitied the wounded and disabled traveler totally contrasts with others passing on the same road. He drew near to the victim with a view to helping him, while others avoided contact with a view to not helping him. We know instinctively that the Samaritan, a membe...

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    " . . . And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One" (Hosea 11:12).

    October 27, 2017

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    An air of astonished incredulity hangs over this prophetic exclamation. Evil is a mysterious absurdity. For human life to defy its maker is a futile undertaking. Furthermore, evil is extreme ingratitude because it opposes him who is our friend; whose devotion to our we...

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    "But he wanted to justify himself so he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?" (Luke 10:20).

    October 26, 2017

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    The person who asked this question already knew what he ought to do; he was one of Israel's religious leaders, and therefore an ethical expert. His supplementary question only sought to convolute what was really quite straight forward. A person who lives in the grace o...

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    "I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor devastate Ephraim again. For I am God and not man--the Holy One among you" (Hosea 11:9).

    October 25, 2017

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    It is common for men and women to 'carry out' their fierce anger; to give way to furious revenge. The result: the earth is filled with violence. We are knee deep in blood and misery. Judgment reigns in human affairs. Only in God does mercy triumph over judgment.

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    " . . .I praise you father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, father, for this was your good pleasure" (Luke 10:21).

    October 24, 2017

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    You don't have to be a professor of theology to know and enjoy God. Many an expert in biblical studies, many a priest or pastor is a stranger to the beauty of the deity. The privilege of intimacy with the divine is open rather to childlike trust so that no one is ineli...

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    " . . .I praise you father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, father, for this was your good pleasure" (Luke 10:21).

    October 23, 2017

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    Ron Allen

    You don't have to be a professor of theology to know and enjoy God. Many an expert in biblical studies, many a priest or pastor is a stranger to the beauty of the deity. The privilege of intimacy with the divine is open rather to childlike trust so that no one is ineli...

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    "When Israel was a child, then I loved him . . . . It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they did not realize it was I who healed them" (Hosea 11:1,3).

    October 22, 2017

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    Long before any of us know or begin to appreciate God, he is compassionate father, our solicitous benefactor, diligent and persevering patron. He is all of these things, and more despite our ignorance of him or even our disregard for him.  Like sun, rain and nutrient r...

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    "Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10).

    August 1, 2018

    "Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'" (John 12:23).

    July 31, 2018

    "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials" (1 Peter 1:6).

    July 30, 2018

    " . . . He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can nev...

    July 29, 2018

    "Simon Peter asked him, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow late...

    July 28, 2018

    "Though you have not seen him you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and g...

    July 27, 2018

    "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am" (John 14:3).

    July 26, 2018

    "It was revealed to them that were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have pr...

    July 25, 2018

    "If you really knew me, you would know my father as well" (John 14:7).

    July 24, 2018

    "Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good" (1...

    July 23, 2018

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    "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously" (2 Corinthians 9:6).

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