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A Generation Called to Rebuild the Ancient Paths

When God’s people recognize that the path of the society around them is collapsing, the prophets of the Bible give us an unmistakably clear assignment, if we’re willing to accept it… Be a generation called to rebuild the ancient paths.

The confusion and uncertainty assaulting humanity worldwide today is being identified by many as an all-out strategy of destructive warfare from the Enemy of mankind himself.  So, what is the ‘assignment’ God has for His people in the middle of such alarming chaos?

The 58th chapter of the prophet Isaiah declares clearly, Almighty God’s displeasure with the superficial, self-centered, and hypocritically empty religious rituals of His people. Instead, He desires a deeper and personally more authentic form of worship, defined by distinctive actions. And biblical worship – let’s not miss it – is a sacrificially devoted spiritual life-style, not just a weekly religious exercise. 

When you examine Isaiah 58 .. let God’s Spirit show you where your life can better express what God identifies as “the fast” that He chooses.  That kind of a Messiah-following discipleship is characterized by several features. All of them require some effort and humbly asking God for personal direction.  Remember one of the central themes of the Bible: “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct (or make straight) your paths” (Proverbs 3:6).  Your what?  Your PATHS.

  1. Justice and righteousness is high on His list: Can we do anything to break the chains of injustice? Are there oppressed people whom we can help to free?  Can we remove blame shifting and speaking wickedness? (read Isaiah 58:6-9).
  2. Caring for the vulnerable is naturally a priority with God: Can we find ways to share our food with the hungry?  Can we invite a poor homeless one into our home?  What about clothing those who are truly naked and needy? (read Isaiah 58:7). If we do, He promises “your light will break out like the dawn” (vs 8)… “you will call and the LORD will answer” (vs 9).
  3. Humility and sincerity are traits deserving our daily introspection: We just cannot allow ourselves to use devotional sacrifices like fasting as an excuse to exploit workers, or quarrel with others, or engage in self-righteousness (read Isaiah 58:3-5).
  4. True selfless devotion is assured God’s special turn arounds in your life: Fasting accompanied by “giving yourself” to those in need and “satisfying the desire of the afflicted” will result eventually in “your light rising out of darkness” and “your gloom becoming like midday.” (read Isaiah 58:10).
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7 – The Promised proof God finishes what he starts

Have you ever been curious how the number 7 keeps popping up in the Bible?

Over 700 times, the number 7 is prominently woven into many Bible passages … nobody can miss it! But it’s not there as some mystical formula or code.  It’s much more powerful – a covenant signature. From the seven-word opening of Genesis to the final vision of Revelation, every appearance of 7 expresses the same unmistakable message – God keeps His word!

“The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.” Psalm 12.6 (NKJV)

This passage from Psalm 12 is packed with more personally relevant meaning than I ever imagined.

Did you happen to notice that the first sentence of the Bible is seven words long?

In Hebrew, the first 3 words are “Bereshit bara Elohim” … meaning “In the beginning God created.”

The last 3 words in Hebrew represent “the heavens and the earth.”

But there are 7 Hebrew words here. The middle word, the fourth one, is spelled with just two Hebrew letters, aleph and tav, the first and last …

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How do I find a faithful Biblical church daring to stand up for Truth in a dysfunctional society?

I recently received an Email from a ministry friend, expressing the dilemma of a family, experiencing an increasingly common frustration with the irrelevance and shallowness of their otherwise satisfying local church. Amber and her family had been at their church five years. They enjoyed the congregational worship experience every Sunday. The people were friendly. Bible verses were sprinkled through the sermon. But the pastor didn’t seem to be addressing what was happening in the world around her. Nothing in the activities of the church even attempted to show interest in what her kids were facing in school. She heard about a simple test you can ask your pastor to fill out online to find out what your church really believes and what they actually plan to teach on.  She thought, “No problem—my pastor won’t mind.”  But when she and her husband used the website to send an email, their pastor dodged it. 

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Reclaiming a Biblical Worldview takes Humility to Test All Things

Everyone has a worldview, but relatively few people see their world through the eyes of the Bible, even among those who call themselves Christian.  

The Great Commission

Christian people across the world are well familiar with what we call “the Great Commission.”  Jesus, after his resurrection, just before he ascended into heaven, spoke these words to his disciples:

“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matt 28:18-20  

Many pastors who avoid debatable or political/social topics, claim they are ‘just called to preach the gospel.’  Others avoid contemporary arguments in society by sticking to their preaching and teaching schedule. These seem to be noble practices to most Christians, but do you think it’s only fair that those who sit down to dine at the table of where they get their spiritual food each week have a responsibility to humbly challenge their spiritual teachers to address controversial topics that are relevant to the issues we all struggle with that are going on in our world today?

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Meekness – What is the most important thing you have ever learned?

the miraculous quality of childlike meekness – By Dennis Petersen

Yahveh’s prophet, Isaiah, declared “For My hand made all these things, thus all these things came into being declares the LORD … But to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.” Isaiah 66:2

When you think about taking a proactive change of direction to reclaim your legacy, what do you think is the most important thing that you’ve personally learned in your lifetime so far?  While you make the focus of your attention on having a positive influence on your own children and grandchildren – your next generation – what truth or idea have you discovered that is such a powerful influence on your own life that you’d have to include it among the very top dozen or so important things that you have ever learned in your life?

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Will You Leave a Legacy of Confidence in God and in His Word?

By Dennis Petersen

As I’ve studied Scripture for many years, I keep discovering truths that become very apparent the Devil hopes you don’t discover… and this especially applies to the book of Genesis.

Psalm 78 gives us a divine prescription for a lasting legacy of Godly descendants. It says: “We will not conceal from our children… (God’s instructions that our fathers have told us) …but tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.” Ps 78:4.

And what’s the result? It goes on…

“That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, that they may arise and tell them to their children, that they should put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments…” Ps 78:6, 7.

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The only Gospel that Saves Anyone

What Bible message urgently needs to be heard by everyone in America today?

Why do you think it’s not preached in more churches today?

If I said that a lot of sermons in today’s churches would have sounded completely foreign to Jesus’ apostles in the First Century, some of your friends, and maybe even you, might feel offended. But hang on…  because what you’re about to hear is not an attack on churches, pastors, or modern believers. It’s a wake-up call… A call back to the biblical gospel that shook the entire Roman Empire, turned idol-worshipping sinners into saints, and demanded more than a hesitantly raised hand or a private whispered prayer. What we’re digging into today is the clearly defined biblical gospel that most churches no longer preach. And before we’re done, you’ll see why getting this right is not optional. It’s eternal. If you care about the truth, about salvation, about following Jesus the way the Bible actually teaches, you truly won’t want to miss this.

In God’s providence, you could easily say that it’s not an accident that you’re listening to this today. What you’re about to hear is all over the Bible. But it’s not popular among those who just want to get along with everybody and avoid dealing with the hard parts of Scripture. I’m talking about those strong words that demand that each of us take the time to “test all things” and “search the Scriptures” to see if what we’re hearing is really true or not.

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Resurrection of Jesus Christ – Fact or Fiction?

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There’s no question that the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, with a body that can never die again (Ro 6:9) and has now been ‘transported’ to another non-earthly realm in heavenly places (Heb 1:3, 8:1), is the most fantastical part of true history that the world has ever known. It should be no small wonder to anyone that that fact became the reasonable justification for all humanity to reset our calendars so that we are now all living in the year of our Lord.. number 2025.  Think about that!  Shouldn’t the fact that most of the human family haven’t heard and don’t believe it yet .. compel all of us who claim to be Christ’s redeemed children .. to reconsider the reasons why we all have a mission to share with others the awesome hope for our own future resurrected and eternal life with our Savior (John 11:25-26)?

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Passover or Easter – Which is the Correct Celebration?

Solving the Confusion over The Days celebrating Easter and Passover

Sometimes, the celebration dates of Passover and Easter coincide, but sometimes they can be weeks apart. Why is this? If Yeshua died at the time of the Jewish Passover, why does the institutionalized Christian church celebrate his death and resurrection on a different date of the year? How did they get separated?

For many Christians, Easter Sunday is the annual celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death. The Gospel writers are very clear that His crucifixion took place at the Jewish observance of Passover. Christians understand the prophetic symbolism of the Passover sacrifice. In fact, Paul writes that “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). How is it then, that in the year 2025, Easter was on April 20th, occurring on the last day of the Jewish 8-day Passover celebration, whereas in 2024 it occurred three weeks before Passover?

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Nissan – The ‘Month of Miracles’ – Especially the Miracle of Passover #354

In our modern society everyone knows that January First is the beginning of the New Year, Right? But what is really the beginning of the year, biblically speaking?

If you were to talk to a member of the Jewish community about their Rosh Hashanah, you would discover that holiday is the Hebrew name for the first day that begins every Jewish New Year in our Gregorian calendar month of September or October. It’s celebrated at the beginning of their month called Tishri, which is the seventh month according to the ancient Jewish religious calendar. So, that means that the month called Nisan (or Nissan.. ‘NEE-SAHN’) is the first month of the Biblical year. The month of Nisan is the very special time when the historic Feast of Passover is celebrated (it’s called Pesach in Jewish communities). Passover commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt, about 3,500 years ago.

The Feast of Passover is the Biblical holy day for God’s people to celebrate the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery in the momentous event that portrays God’s redemptive power in the book of Exodus.

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