Category Archives: Christian Life

Unity in Christ

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Don Merritt

 Colossians 3: 5-14 Since this is a longer section, I won’t reproduce it here, and I hope you’ll read it on your own… In the last post, we saw Paul tell us how to live our new lives, by setting … Continue reading →

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Raising our Sights

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Don Merritt

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now … Continue reading →

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Following the “Rules”

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Don Merritt

 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:  “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? These rules, which have to … Continue reading →

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No More Shadows

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Don Merritt

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in … Continue reading →

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Triumph!

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Don Merritt

When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and opposed … Continue reading →

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True Confessions of a Former Premillennialist

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Don Merritt

Some of the lingering conversation on three recent posts here have convinced me to make a horrifying confession, a confession so shocking and that I have been called a heretic, an infidel and worse than an unbeliever when I’ve admitted … Continue reading →

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Fullness in Christ

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Don Merritt

 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,  and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by … Continue reading →

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Seek Him Only

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Don Merritt

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you … Continue reading →

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I just can’t help myself! One more thing about “Antichrist”

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Don Merritt

Sorry Paul, but I have to do it! As some mentioned in their comments yesterday,  there are four places where the word “antichrist” can be found in Scripture, interestingly none is in the book of Revelation. Yes, that’s right, do … Continue reading →

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I’ve Got the Answer to my Question

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Don Merritt

Yesterday I posed a question: Why would we care whether or not “The Antichrist” is in the world now, as opposed to being here in 10,000 years from now?  Would it make any difference to how you go about your … Continue reading →

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