What Jesus Has To Say About the American Economic Crisis

What does Jesus really say about our current financial crisis?
Evangelicals who want to know how to pray for our economy and its leaders deserve to hear the Bible’s message for these financial times.
As a result of in-depth study on the subject of Biblical Principles for Financial Success, jesus Shaped Spirituality can now release to the [...]

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Mark 12:1-22…with a few textual additions

Mark 12:1 Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.2 At the time of the grape harvest, he [...]

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Verses: Luke 14:7-11 and The Christian’s War With Ambition

Luke 14:7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, [...]

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Verses: I Corinthians 2:6-8 and Plan B

1 Corinthians. 2:6   Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None [...]

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Verses: The Word of the Cross

I Corinthians 1:
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 Where is the one who is [...]

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Jesus In Your Bank Account

Mark 4:18 The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, 19 but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced.
I Timothy 6: 17 Teach those who are rich in [...]

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Verses: Matthew 21:28-32

Matthew 21:28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. 30 Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and [...]

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Verses: You’ve seen the Father

This topic calls for “A Conversation In God’s Kitchen.” Fr. Capon is still cooking.
The Gospel of John 14:8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has [...]

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Later….when Peter had a chance to talk to the other disciples

Luke 22:31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32 But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.”
33 Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you, [...]

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Got Everything?

2 Peter 1:3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life.
In case you haven’t noticed, the “Verses” category at this blog simply points out a scripture that I believe is meaningful and important. It may be a passage, or as we have today, just part of [...]

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