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“I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.”
Psalm 121:1–2

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Can we be certain that we know Christ in a saving sense? It’s an age-old question, one that’s vital to our Christian experience. In his first letter, the apostle John writes on the theme of assurance. He states his purpose clearly: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).

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“The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.”
Proverbs 21:1

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Standing by a purpose true,
Heeding God’s command,
Honor them, the faithful few!
All hail to Daniel’s band!

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After finishing a 29-sermon series titled “Truly, Truly, I Say to You…”: Twenty-Five Divine Declarations from John’s Gospel, Alistair began another new series in the Gospel of John. In this new study at Parkside Church, he will be surveying and unpacking the rich truths found in John 17, which contains the longest recorded prayer we have from Jesus Christ.

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In what may be some of his last recorded words, the apostle Paul wrote to his protégé in the ministry, Timothy, “Do your best to come to me soon” (2 Tim. 4:9). It must have been a lonely life in the Roman prison from which he wrote, but his tie of love for Timothy was strong. He had a vivid memory of Timothy’s tears at their last departure, and he longed for the joy of being together with him again (2 Tim. 1:4). Yet one verse earlier, in 4:8, Paul could confess a love and longing for the “appearing” of Jesus—which, he had said earlier in the letter, “abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10).

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Being a Truthpartner is a great way to quickly grow a terrific library of spiritually enriching books. Truthpartners who give $20 or more each month or $240 annually can request our two monthly book selections through their online account without making any additional donation.

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“For our sake [God] made [Christ] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21

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How should we understand biblical prophecy? Few questions have garnered more debate within Christian circles than the meaning of the last days. Prophecy looks forward, often containing layers of immediate, interim, and ultimate fulfillments. Reading this genre is a lot like hiking in the mountains: as soon as we think we’ve reached the summit, our new vantage point reveals that there are more summits ahead.

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