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How to Live the Bible — Forgiving Debt

This is the one-hundred-seventy-sixth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “If one of your countrymen […]

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How to Live the Bible — Who Will Make Me Free?

This is the one-hundred-seventy-fifth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “I am the LORD, and […]

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How to Live the Bible — Be Still and Know God

This is the one-hundred-seventy-fourth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “Be still, and know that […]

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Facing Treachery: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11

On the Sunday following 9/11 Pastor Mel Lawrenz taught from passages in the Psalms which both give comfort and describe the righteous judgment of God against tyranny. [Read weekly Bible lessons by Mel Lawrenz on the Bible Gateway Blog] …Whatever you’ve brought with you to this time of worship in your mind and heart–be it […]

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How to Live the Bible — Seven Days a Week

This is the one-hundred-seventy-third lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “Remember the Sabbath day by […]

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How to Live the Bible — The Day God Blesses

This is the one-hundred-seventy-second lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “And God blessed the seventh […]

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How to Live the Bible — The Rest of God

This is the one-hundred-seventy-first lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “By the seventh day God […]

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How to Live the Bible — Prayer and Open Doors

This is the one-hundred-seventieth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “Devote yourselves to prayer, being […]

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How to Live the Bible — Leaving Things Better

This is the one-hundred-sixty-ninth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “God has chosen to make […]

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How to Live the Bible — More Than Words

This is the one-hundred-sixty-eighth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “That which was from the […]

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