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Mark Bemenderfer Mark Bemenderfer

Not Even a Hint

We’ve been learning a lot about what it looks like to imitate God. We’re seeing what the old self—which follows after the likeness of the devil—looks like, and what the new self is supposed to look like. That new self was created to be like…

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Mark Bemenderfer Mark Bemenderfer

A Life of Love

What does it mean to put off the old self and put on the new? Here’s a perfect illustration. A list of things we are supposed to remove from our hearts and lives. And a list of things we’re supposed to build in. The transformation…

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Mark Bemenderfer Mark Bemenderfer

Grieving the Spirit

We Christians talk about eternal security. We talk about salvation by faith alone. But I do not think most of us have a good understanding of what that really means. Paul warns us not to grieve the Holy Spirit, but in the same breath he…

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Mark Bemenderfer Mark Bemenderfer

Master Your Mouth

In the previous verse, which we looked at a couple weeks ago, we saw for the thief that putting off the old self and putting on the new was so clear and obvious. Paul has another bellwether of old-self versus new-self: The Tongue. Maybe stealing…

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Mark Bemenderfer Mark Bemenderfer

Jesus is King

People sometimes ask, “What does it mean to ‘believe’?” And that is a very good question. So often we think it is just this internal thing, a heart thing, a mind thing. And it certainly includes that. True belief comes in through the ears or…

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