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Author David Downey

Dr. David Downey is a freelance writer who has published work in Creation Illustrated, Seek, Precepts for Living, Light and Life, War Cry, and The Lookout. He has also published curriculum in QuickSource (Explore the Bible Series) and has published a book, His Burden is Light: Cultivating Personal Holiness, on Amazon. Dr. Downey lives in Burleson, TX.
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Categories BA Banner March April 2025

At His Feet

  • By David Downey
  • March 7, 2025

Learning the meaning of true service. by Dr. David R. Downey Speaking to a class recently while discussing the office of deacon in the church,…

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Categories BA Banner September October 2024

Understanding the Work of Christ

  • By David Downey
  • September 13, 2024

A balanced look at the atonement. by Dr. David R. Downey All history points to Jesus’ work among us. It was appropriate that time-dating used…

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Facing Perilous Times

  • By David Downey
  • July 5, 2024

Many accurate prophecies in Scripture are in the book of Daniel. Though it is by no means the only repository of prophecies, it is possibly…

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God’s Living Word

  • By David Downey
  • May 17, 2024

The nineteenth psalm, written by King David, starts with such statements as “The heavens are telling,” “their expanse is declaring,” and “Day to day pours…

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Failure to Strength

  • By David Downey
  • June 17, 2022

One of the most memorable failures in the Bible is recorded in Mark 14:27-31 and 66-72. Just after the Last Supper, Jesus told the disciples…

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Categories BA July August 2021

Great Expectations

  • By David Downey
  • July 16, 2021

Philippians is a wonderful book. We have heard references to this letter of Paul’s many times and know familiar verses: He who has begun a…

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Categories Online Extras September October 2020

Glimpses of Glory

  • By David Downey
  • August 31, 2020

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things (Isaiah 40:26). In reference to this verse, Oswald Chambers said that the…

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Categories BA March April 2020

Master Builder

  • By David Downey
  • March 26, 2020

I have seen many kinds of church buildings in my journey. I can remember something about all of them, except the first (my first year…

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Categories BA July August 2019

Loving Like the Master

  • By David Downey
  • August 22, 2019

In Matthew 28:19 Jesus told us to go and make disciples. His words resonate with us. We understand that this is a command, but we…

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The Law of Christ

  • By David Downey
  • June 21, 2018

The law of the Old Testament — what we call the Torah — may confuse more people in the church today than any other topic.…

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What is meant by “Do not quench the Spirit” in 1 Thessalonians 5:19?

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  • April 21, 2025
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John 6:53-55 says we must eat and drink the body and blood of Jesus. Isn’t this transubstantiation of the bread and wine, instead of only a symbolic representation?

John 6:53-55 says we must eat and drink the body and blood of Jesus. Isn’t this transubstantiation of the bread and wine, instead of only a symbolic representation?

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  • February 24, 2025
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