Category Archives: love

love lasts

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:8-10 1Co 13:8 Love never dies out. But if there are prophecies proclaimed, they will be done away with; if languages spoken, they will cease to exist; if a mystery exists, it will be done away with. 1Co … Continue reading →

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love and conflict

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 1Co 13:4 The love I am speaking of holds its temper, that love functions in a helpful manner, it does not envy, does not brag, does not show off, 1Co 13:5 does not behave disgracefully, does not … Continue reading →

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special ingredient

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 1Co 13:1 If I speak in the human languages and the angelic ones, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1Co 13:2 And if I have a prophecy, and … Continue reading →

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gossip game

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 8:1-3 1Co 8:1 Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that “we all have knowledge” about what is happening. But knowledge makes a person arrogant, love builds him up. 1Co … Continue reading →

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purple cloak

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

WE ARE BULLIES Mark 15:16-20 16 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (in other words, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole cohort. 17 And they dressed him in a purple cloak, and weaving together a … Continue reading →

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love and respect

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

IS YOUR REGARD FOR JESUS MERE PRETENCE? Mark 14:43-46 43 Just then, while Jesus is still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrives. With him is a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and scribes … Continue reading →

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new accounting system

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

WHICH IS FULLER, YOUR HEART OR YOUR POCKET? Mark 12:41-44 41 He sat down in sight of the temple treasury room, and he watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42 A … Continue reading →

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when truth gets in the way

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Mark 8:27-30 27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, … Continue reading →

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just because he cares

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Mark 1:29-31 29 Then, right after getting out of the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 But Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with fever, so they quickly told him about her. … Continue reading →

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permanent love

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 54:6-8 6 Because Yahveh called you when you were an abandoned wife and still grieving spiritually, like a wife pledged in childhood when she is rejected, says your God. 7 I did abandon you for a tiny moment, but … Continue reading →

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