Tag Archives: sin

The Right Thing

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Rick Reynolds

James has just ranted against the judgmental in Chapter 4:11-12, the presumptuous in verses 13-14, and the arrogant in verse 16, to illustrate what humility is not (v. 10). Then he takes on the sins of omission. Therefore, to one … Continue reading →

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Unfinished Business

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Rick Reynolds

Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day. Joshua 15:63 That the sons of Judah could … Continue reading →

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Call the Exterminator

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Rick Reynolds

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:1-2 Being no longer … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch…

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Rick Reynolds

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil … Continue reading →

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You Were Born for This!

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Rick Reynolds

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves … Continue reading →

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Bad to the Bone

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Rick Reynolds

If the Jews could not pull off righteousness as the Chosen People then no one could. Fact is, nobody’s righteous, no, not anybody! (Romans 3:10) Paul even breaks it down by body part (throat, tongues, lips, mouth, feet, eyes) in … Continue reading →

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All Lawyered Up

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Rick Reynolds

And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation (satisfaction) for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. 1 … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Dream

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Rick Reynolds

There was a popular song in the 1960s called The impossible Dream, taken from the Broadway play Man from La Mancha, a story about Don Quixote’s quest for glory. We fight a similar uphill battle against sin. As much as … Continue reading →

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The Dread Report

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Rick Reynolds

3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing … Continue reading →

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Love Perfected

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for … Continue reading →

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