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The Call to Holiness: Abraham's Faith
"I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect" (Genesis 17:1). Straight as an arrow, this word from the Lord pierces the...

cjoywarner
Mar 28


Be Still and Know that I Am God
Is this not the essence of worship? What more can we desire of a worship experience than to KNOW that God is God? And does being still...

cjoywarner
Mar 28


At Calvary's Cross
When all was dark and I was tired, Decision pressured me to cry; Tears drowned the pain inside And buried the reason why. Then came the...

cjoywarner
Mar 24


Behold!
I stand at the door-- Will you open? I've been knocking through the night-- Listening, listening, On this side. ...

cjoywarner
Mar 24


Morning Glories
Like little faces nodding smiles Of sunshine, love, and peace, My morning glories beckon me To take a garden...

cjoywarner
Mar 24


Spring Must Bes
There must be sunlight in a land of Dreams and when the shadows fall, moonbeams. There must be flowers in a field of grain and pathways...

cjoywarner
Mar 23


A Cloud of Witnesses
That one sweet Day of Rest when my mother and I explored Her parents’ big heirloom Bible, We had no idea what we would find, Except God’s Words in German, Gothic “S’s” like swords stabbing with Shakespearean flair, Pages brittle with age. The first few stories of Genesis lay only half-told, pages rippled away like sand. There was no “in the beginning,” No record of heaven’s birth, No registry of family deaths below. Tenderly, we searched on. I enjoyed voici

cjoywarner
Mar 22


The Well in the Wilderness: Hagar's Hope
Hagar's is such a painful story with no innocent parties. Certainly, Abram is not without blame. We have no record of him consulting...

cjoywarner
Mar 16


Assumptions Behind The Chosen
Introduction We are commanded in Scripture to test all things, whether they are true and whether they are right. In matters of eternal consequence, we assume nothing. We have examined in a previous post Dallas Jenkins’ professed purposes for creating The Chosen , the show’s enormous profits and popularity, and Jenkins’ personae of a Jesus and His “chosen” admittedly different than those of the Scriptures. In our examination, we have not only raised several red flags; we h

cjoywarner
Feb 20


Red Flags within The Chosen
Introduction This popular television series depicting the life of Jesus from the viewpoint of His disciples began as a small crowdfunded endeavor in 2017 but has since become a worldwide sensation with over 280 million viewers. Boasting a broad interfaith appeal, the series draws two-thirds of its viewers from Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, and even Muslim backgrounds and the remaining third from those who claim no religious affiliation at all. Dallas Jenkins, the show's cr

cjoywarner
Feb 20
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