Monthly Archives: August 2010

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Jump Start # 163

Jump Start # 163  2 Corinthians 7:5-6 “For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without and fears within. But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus.”   Paul is telling the Corinthians of his journeys, or commonly […]

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Jump Start # 162

Jump Start # 162  1 Corinthians 8:13 “Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.”  This verse is the concluding statement of the apostle Paul after a series of arguments about the  issue of eating meats. The thought here […]

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Jump Start # 161

Jump Start # 161  Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before […]

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Jump Start # 160

Jump Start # 160 Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.”   The salt of the earth and light of the […]

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Jump Start # 159

Jump Start # 159 Matthew 5:11-12 “Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in Heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”   Of all […]