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The Only One. 2 Corinthians 11

but let him who boasts boast about this:

Boast about this.

Paul has briefly and brilliantly outlined spiritual warfare—pointing out that the ‘battle’ is not of this world, nor do…

It was a bright, warm morning as we pulled up to the Long Beach sanctuary, but I was already on my toes. You see, I had just taught on the strategy of the evil one whose desire it is to generally deceive and wreak havoc in people’s lives. The devil does not like to be revealed, so I figured there might be some static at my community Bible/prayer meeting. Sure enough.…

Warning: What you are about to read will challenge your thinking.

The most powerful line in 2 Corinthians 10 is at the end of verse 5-- PLEASE focus yourself, and read today’s briefing with care, seeking to understand and then apply the power that is meant to…

A proper world view.

Being a parent is both a great blessing and a limitless responsibility. I remember hearing that being a mother is like cutting part of your heart out of your body and letting it walk around without you. Oh,

there is so much joy watching your babies grow, take their first…

Oh, how much we have learned about faithful godly living from Paul’s two letters to the church at Corinth! And now we move into the home stretch of his second letter. And yet again as we start out chapter 10, we see Paul defending his apostleship. From our 2000-year later perspective, it is still incredible to think of Paul defending his calling and his viability as a…

Extravagant Love. An excerpt from Love Beyond Reason. It fits so well--right here, right now.

A woman entered the house. Luke…

It seems the subject of Giving is often accompanied by suggested guidelines, recommended percentages, and veiled apologies for bringing

it up, (along with the assumption that the associated organization’s

Giving must be down). As a ministry leader and director of a 501-C3, I

know that even mentioning Giving makes me uncomfortable! I have a

little different perspective as I write today. In 2 Corinthians…

Sorrow and Joy. (drawn from 2 Corinthians 7.2-16)

An auburn-haired lad set out to make his way down the street to his grandmother’s house. He carried a little plastic boat in his hand, ready to set it afloat on the stream that flows along the back of her property.…

Extra! Extra! Read all about it—Acts Two Church in Long Beach!

Our discussion was wrapping up, and our prayer time about to begin at the Sanctuary…

If You Are Unequally Yoked… 2 Corinthians 6.14

“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers,” Paul warned.

‘Didn’t much apply to you when you got married because neither of you were too interested in God. But then after your first child…

Second Corinthians 7, verse 1 could really serve as a prologue:

let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness…

The Pure Life.

let us purify ourselves from

everything that contaminates body and spirit,

perfecting holiness out of reverence for God…

I remember the drive up to Santa Ana like it was yesterday, going to visit a friend’s mother who was about to lose her battle with cancer. I

wound my way through an old neighborhood, checked to make sure the

house number was correct, and walked up to ring the doorbell. A rose lover myself, I couldn’t help but notice several beautiful garden roses she had on her front walkway.…

In the movie “The Last Emperor”, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury with a thousand eunuch

servants at his command. “What happens when you do wrong?” his brother asks. “When I do wrong, someone else is punished,” the boy emperor replies. To demonstrate, he breaks a jar, and one of the servants is beaten.…

Popeye was sitting on the ground, leaned up against the Sanctuary as we pulled up to the curb in Long Beach. Perhaps he…