Posted on December 29, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
Did you ever wonder why some people always have joy and peace? Perhaps they have learned the hidden secret of a happy life on earth, which is an attitude of unselfishness.
Philippians 2:5 says, “Have this attitude in yourself which was also in Christ Jesus.” The dictionary defines attitude as a “manner of acting, [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River
From Jacob to Malachi, the prophets foretold Jesus’ birth. “The King is coming! Prepare the way! The King is coming!” To some degree, the Jewish people had always been looking for Messiah, but in the day of His birth, very few were expecting Him in the form in which He arrived, or understood His [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
Jesus excelled at capsizing the religious system boat. He’d done it again by overthrowing the moneychangers’ tables and scattering their business to the winds. When He entered the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
Most of us are familiar with the story in Genesis 22:1-19 of Abraham offering his son Isaac. And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder, and we will worship and return to you” (Genesis 22:5). Do you think it sounds strange [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
I sought for a man among them, that would make up a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found no one. Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them…. — Ezekiel 22:30, 31
I know those verses sound [...]
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