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ACAD – Fight or Flight: 1 Samuel 17

“The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”

ACAD – Fight or Flight: 1 Kings 19

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life.”

ACAD – Give Grace: Romans 3

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place, the Jews[a] were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Although every human is a liar, let GodContinueContinue reading “ACAD – Give Grace: Romans 3”

ACAD – Give Grace: Romans 1

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

ACAD – Give Grace: John 1

From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

ACAD – Give Grace: Song of Songs 7

I am my beloved’s,
and his desire is for me.
Come, my beloved,
let us go forth into the fields

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 20)

“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 25)

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom wasContinueContinue reading “Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 25)”

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 23)

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 22)

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there. Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his for any cause?” He answered, “HaveContinueContinue reading “Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 22)”