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  • The Comfort of Certainty Acts 21 is one of those stories we think we already know. The sermon practically writes itself: Paul, warned of danger, presses on in faith; the hero obeys, the crowd weeps, and God’s will marches on. But the text itself isn’t that tidy. If you read without the stained-glass glow, Luke’s…

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  • Philippians 2:5-11 and Colossians 1:13-20 are two of the most explosive passages in the New Testament. They read like poetry, and for over a century scholars have labeled them “early Christian hymns.” Open a Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament and you’ll even see them set out in stanzas. But here’s the live question: were these lines…

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