by Bill Elliff
November 11, 2021
How do you decide the will of God in areas that are not clearly defined in Scripture? Romans 14 is a key chapter for us as believers who live to help others and glorify God. It gives us principles upon which to make decisions about “grey areas” of life, i.e., those areas that one Christian believes is legitimate to indulge in while it hurts another’s conscience.
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by Bill Elliff
November 08, 2021
We are absolutely intrigued by the thought of a human with superhuman powers. Endless stories—from ancient mythology to current movies—promote these ideas. There is a reason for this. We were created by God to be superhuman. To have power beyond the average human. We were made for more and something in us longs for more. Fictional stories often touch this idea but leave out the reality of how it is possible.
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by Bill Elliff
November 06, 2021
Many people have no understanding of where they stand before God. They think of it occasionally, even nonchalantly, as if it didn’t really matter. Everything in this life and the life to come hinges on your standing before God. You are either separated or together. Disconnected or united. Standing as God’s enemy or adopted as His child. Forgiven or unforgiven. Headed to hell eternally or heaven. There is no in-between.
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by Bill Elliff
October 19, 2021
Everybody worships something. The question is: where is our worship directed, and is that WORTHY of our adoration?
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by Bill Elliff
October 13, 2021
One of the great hopes of all our lives as followers of Christ is that we can become MORE. More useful, more loving, more gracious, more like Christ, a better witness, etc. Apollos was such a man. We only have five verses in the whole Bible that describe him (
Acts 18:24-28), but look at the phrases God uses.
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by Bill Elliff
August 30, 2021
The loudest voice in your head determines the direction of your life. You are driven by who you listen to most carefully and how you respond to what is said.
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by Bill Elliff
August 23, 2021
I love bread. Almost any kind. When I was a child, I would often go to the corner bakery with my father. I pressed my nose against the glass counter and watched in utter fascination as they brought our bread straight from the oven and cut it on a special machine. I could hardly wait to get home and find the butter. I love bread (did I already say that?)
I have discovered, though, a few downsides of bread through the years. Bread can go bad. Mold sets in, and it's useless. And too much bread can add extra pounds that none of us need.
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by Bill Elliff
August 16, 2021
Our natural inclination is for self-promotion, self-comfort, self-fulfillment, and self-recognition. A merely humanistic agenda can easily consume us. Many never escape this broad path, vainly believing it will yield the life they've always wanted.
But if a man wants the most substantive life he must die to this approach. Here's how Jesus described it in twenty words.
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by Bill Elliff
August 03, 2021
Even in the church, thousands know Christ and perhaps have a personal relationship with Him but are not experiencing a daily, conscious sense of His presence. Who are not experiencing Him.
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by Bill Elliff
March 19, 2021
Every step of our spiritual journey is designed to take us from something to something greater. Even the final chapter of this earthly life is from the bondage of this world to the glories of heaven.
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by Bill Elliff
February 24, 2021
I want to be a man that God can entrust with His truth and that can, in whatever measure God allows, experience the glory of God. We all long for this genuine experience of God in our lives. In His mercy and through the great work of Christ, God has now made it possible for us to be literally inhabited by God! His Spirit lives in us, giving us the opportunity to know and be led by His presence daily and continually.
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by Bill Elliff
February 22, 2021
Every house must have a foundation. Without a solid footing, the house may look good for a while externally but will have a structural failure when bad weather comes. A solid foundation is the key to a building that will last. What is true of a building is also true of a life and a people.
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