By CGI New York | August 27, 2016 | Category Holy Days
As we approach the fall holy days our minds turn to the final steps in God’s master plan for mankind. It is hard to believe that in just under six weeks we will kick off the fall holy day season with the Feast of Trumpets. As we look to the future events represented by the […]
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By CGI New York | August 24, 2016 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The mysterious last book of the New Testament is not “The Revelation of St. John the Divine,” as it has been erroneously called. John was merely the instrument of divine revelation, not its source. And, if he were here today, he would be appalled at the title “the Divine.” The very first verse of the […]
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By CGI New York | August 15, 2016 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Have you ever been in a place and automatically made assumptions as to the character of others based on how they looked? I hate to admit it, but I have. For instance, I took my daughter to a piercing studio because she wanted her cartilage pierced, and to be honest, I would rather go to […]
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By CGI New York | July 15, 2016 | Category Holy Days
Have you ever heard of the seven annual Holy Days? If you have, can you name all seven? God has given his children a beautiful blessing and the blessing is knowing about the Holy Days and being able to keep them each passing year. They start in the spring and they end in the fall. […]
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By CGI New York | July 15, 2016 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Keeping Your Faith Through Adversity Within The Church Over the last few years, the body of Christ has gone through some difficult times. Groups have split, families have split, friends have split and bitterness has flourished. These aren’t exactly the action and characteristics of God’s people, as Christ described in Matthew. So why does this […]
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By CGI New York | July 15, 2016 | Category The Sabbath
God, Please Send Me a Sign The year was 1969 (long, long ago to young people). God was calling me (I later realized). I had read the Bible as a youth and made a few marks in it, but didn’t really understand. I had gone to church on Sunday with my family until I went […]
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By CGI New York | July 15, 2016 | Category The Sabbath
A Sabbath Rest “So, you’re Jewish, right?”“No…not necessarily…not really, not in the way you mean.”“But, you go to church on Saturdays.”“Well, yes…” “And you don’t eat pork.” “…No.” “And…you don’t keep Christmas or Easter.” “Right.” “So, you’re Jewish, right?” How many of us have had this conversation, or one very close to it? Or, how […]
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By CGI New York | July 10, 2016 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
ONCE A HARLOT… You know her as Rahab the Harlot. In fact, you will rarely read her name in the Bible – Old Testament or New Testament – without her personal tagline of “the harlot.” Rahab’s story is told in Joshua 2:1-21 and 6:22-25. I know that some people say that she was maybe just […]
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By CGI New York | July 10, 2016 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Through the years I have taken note of my fluid and changing definition of success. When I was a young child, pleasing others seemed to be my goal, and I especially wanted my parent’s approval for the things I did. Their evaluation was the only measuring stick I had. If they were happy with me, […]
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By CGI New York | July 10, 2016 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! To me, there are some real head-scratchers in the Bible – those “what WERE you thinking?” moments that God does not really explain for us. Take Lot for example. He had an angry crowd outside his door, demanding he turn over the strangers he was hosting. “No can do,” says Lot, […]
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