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  • Do Not Be Unequally Yoked

    Read: Malachi 2:10-16 Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. (v. 11, NIV)

  • Crime and Punishment

    Ever heard this maxim: "You do the crime, you do the time"? Of course you have; it is part of the foundation of any law-abiding society. Criminals must be punished, and the punishment must fit the crime.

  • What's So Bad about Coveting?

    "I plead guilty, your honor. I have desperately wanted my neighbor's new SUV ever since he got it, and I have been miserable to live with. What's my sentence?"

  • Burial and Resurrection by Baptism

    Some of the oldest baptistries unearthed by archaeologists in the Near East have steps leading down into a pool of water and steps leading back out. In the early church baptism was a sort of death and resurrection experience—going down into a watery grave and emerging alive on the other side.