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Our Family Table: Adorn the Gospel
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 4 March 2025 Reading From Mark 9:30-50 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.” —Mark 9:42 I…
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Our Family Table: Freedom in Faith and Confession
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 3 March 2025 Reading From Mark 8 “Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”…
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Our Family Table: Heart Condition
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 2 March 2025 Reading From Mark 7:14-37 “Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” After…
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Our Family Table: Truth Over Tradition
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 1 March 2025 Reading From Mark 7:1-13 “The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (The Pharisees and all the Jews do…
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Our Family Table: Deliverance and Healing in Jesus
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 25 February 2025 Reading From Mark 5:1-20 “As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for…
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Our Family Table: Seeds of the Tree of Life
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 23 February 2025 Reading From Mark 4:1-20 “The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on…
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Unity, Liberty and Charity
“In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity.”—Rupertus Meldenius I believe this maxim which facilitates Christian fellowship while allowing individuals and churches to maintain their distinct personalities and flavors, has basis in the New Testament writings of the Apostle Paul. In his letter to the church at Ephesus, he wrote, “Make every effort…
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The Ministry and Message of Reconciliation
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek The Ministry of Reconciliation The Bible was written over a span of over 1,400 years, written on 3 different continents and yet has a cohesive narrative of the dealings of God with humanity through creation, corruption, catastrophe, confusion, Christ, cross, and consummation. Jesus is the Word of God, the…