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Proverbs 27: three levels of humility

Before you read this blog read Proverbs 27 and ask God to reveal his truth to you. At least seven separate passages of scripture communicate the same message using slightly different wording: God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; James 4:6; 1 Peter…

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salvation, forgiveness, and chocolate cake

Imagine the very best slice of chocolate cake you've ever had. What if salvation were a chocolate cake? As it says in 1 Peter 2:24, "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." It is clearly…