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Don't let someone's memory of your past cause you to question what God is doing in your present. Scripture Focus: Mark 6:1–6 | Matthew 13:53–58 | 2 Corinthians 5:17 Even Jesus Was Rejected by People Who Thought They Knew Him There is something powerful we can learn from what happened when Jesus returned to His hometown of Nazareth. These were people who had watched Him grow up. They knew His family. They knew His occupation. They remembered Him as the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother...

One of the most common arguments against hell is that a loving God would never send someone there. But what if that argument misunderstands the very nature of God's love? There is a belief becoming increasingly popular today, even among Christians, that hell cannot exist because God is love. Some argue that a loving God would never allow anyone to suffer eternal judgment. Others believe that if God truly loves humanity, He would eventually welcome everyone into heaven, regardless of whether...

God may have already changed the person you're still remembering. There is something interesting about the story of Joshua leading the Israelites across the Jordan River. In Joshua 4, God instructed Joshua to have twelve stones taken from the Jordan and established as a memorial. These stones would remind future generations of what God had done when He brought His people across the river on dry ground. But notice something important. God instructed them to remember what happened at the...