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  • Build Your House on the Rock: The Two Builders

    Build Your House on the Rock: The Two Builders
    2021/06/04

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    This a story of two builders. Each had the same wish—to build a house, a place to live and to have shelter and security. Both of the builders built their houses. Both houses were tested by the same storm. The only difference, but ultimately one that would prove to be crucial, was the foundation on which they chose to build.
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    16 分
  • The Sheep and the Goats: A Parable of Judgment

    The Sheep and the Goats: A Parable of Judgment
    2021/06/04

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    This parable continues the theme of preparedness that runs throughout Jesus’ discourses in Matthew. It concludes an intense day of controversy during the final week of Jesus’ life. It also is a culmination of teaching through parables that pointed to a conclusion, a time of accounting. It is a picture of the final, universal judgment.
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    15 分
  • The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree: A Lesson on Fruitfulness

    The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree: A Lesson on Fruitfulness
    2021/06/04

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    This parable reminds us that we will be judged by our fruitfulness. God expects fruit because of how much he has invested in us. In Christ, God has blessed us richly with all spiritual blessings. But special blessings bring special responsibilities.
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    13 分
  • Good and Faithful Servant: The Parable of the Talents

    Good and Faithful Servant: The Parable of the Talents
    2021/06/04

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    This parable is about the Bible principle of stewardship. Jesus teaches that when we use what God has given us, he rewards us with more—more gifts and opportunities, and the ultimate reward of entering into the joy of the Lord. But sadly, if we fail to use our gifts, they will be taken away from us. We lose what we fail to use.
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    20 分
  • Watch and Be Ready: Parables on Christ's Coming

    Watch and Be Ready: Parables on Christ's Coming
    2021/06/04

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    When is Jesus coming? It's a question that people have wondered about and speculated about almost ever since Jesus left this earth. Is his coming imminent? Will there be signs by which we will be able to predict, even approximately, when he will return? The answer is that his coming will be like a thief in the night. No one knows when. The lesson from these parables is to watch and be ready.
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    18 分
  • All Things are Ready: The Parable of the Wedding Feast

    All Things are Ready: The Parable of the Wedding Feast
    2021/06/03

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    Many of the things that keep people from accepting the Lord's invitation are not in themselves sinful. But they become sinful because they come to have first place in the heart. When we give undue love to earthly matters, causing us to put the Lord second in our lives, we’ll find ourselves ultimately excluded from the feast.
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    13 分
  • God's Patient Love: The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

    God's Patient Love: The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
    2021/06/03

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    God is patient and longsuffering, but even his patience can be exhausted. There is a limit even to divine grace. The greatest demonstration of grace was when God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Surely the greatest of sins is the rejection of that gift.
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    11 分
  • The Parable of the Two Sons: Which of the Two Did the Will of His Father?

    The Parable of the Two Sons: Which of the Two Did the Will of His Father?
    2021/03/28

    Series: N/A

    Service: A Few Minutes with Dan

    Type: Audio Devotional

    Speaker: Dan Petty

    The occasion for this short parable was a confrontation between Jesus and the Jewish leaders that took place on a day filled with controversy during the final week of Jesus’ life. As he entered the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people interrupted Jesus with a challenge to his authority. God has no patience with those who may piously profess to love God, but never follow through.
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    13 分