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Planting, Watering and Growing

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Don Merritt

1 Corinthians 3:1-16 As Chapter 3 begins, we need to pause and check our contexts. Paul is writing to the Corinthians to address several serious problems in the church in Corinth as they existed c. 55 AD. In this, the … Continue reading →

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About Teaching

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Don Merritt

These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you. Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of God Revealed

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Don Merritt

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined … Continue reading →

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Ever Present

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Don Merritt

I think we all have times when it seems that our world has been turned topsy-turvy. I think we all have times when we aren’t quite sure which way to go or how best to proceed… We might cry out … Continue reading →

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Apostolic Humility

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Don Merritt

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.For I resolved to know nothing while I was with … Continue reading →

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Paul Continues His Instructions to Titus

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Don Merritt

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to … Continue reading →

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God’s Provision

Posted on June 1, 2025 by Don Merritt

God will provide for our needs; this is something most people know, but some become a little confused by it. The statement does not mean that all we need to do sit on our chairs and wait for Him to … Continue reading →

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A Tower of Strength

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Don Merritt

Our Lord is a tower of strength, but many times we don’t see Him that way.  He rises above everything that we will ever encounter in this life, but we aren’t always conscious of the fact.  His strength is not … Continue reading →

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Christ: The power and Wisdom of God

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Don Merritt

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, … Continue reading →

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Paul Gets Tough

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Don Merritt

For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. One … Continue reading →

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