Deliverance Archives - Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:37:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg Deliverance Archives - Bible Advocate 32 32 Beforehand https://baonline.org/beforehand/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:00:01 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=28152

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And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed” (Galatians 3:8). In the above passage, Paul writes that God announced the gospel in advance to Abraham. It’s an interesting statement, and one that raises questions. Why was […]

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]]> When Hope is All We Have https://baonline.org/when-hope-is-all-we-have/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:16:35 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=25402

Close-up of two intertwined hands statue with a natural background, symbolizing unity and support.Recently while I was reading Psalm 42, verse 4 took on new meaning for me. It reads: These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. This […]

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]]> Of Pharaoh and Pharmaceuticals https://baonline.org/of-pharaoh-and-pharmaceuticals/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:36:52 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4384
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Bondage is no archaic reality; it’s alive and well. This fact has been impressed on me repeatedly this week. First, my daily Bible readings have taken me through the early chapters of Exodus and the last chapters of Galatians. Bondage is a key theme in both. These passages remind us that freedom is God’s gift […]

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]]> Back from the Dead https://baonline.org/back-from-the-dead/ Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:56:43 +0000 http://nowwhat.cog7.org/back_from_the_dead/ “Going to Texas. Nice knowing you.” The handwritten note on the TV set stunned me. It was from my wife Daneen. Without saying anything to me beforehand, she had taken our little daughter and left me behind in Oklahoma. In a way, I couldn’t blame her. I had been coming home at four in the […]

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