Count it all Joy!

2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 2:2-4 I’ve been focusing over the last few weeks of memorizing Matthew 5, and it’s really hard. The thing […]

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Happiness Paradox

Up to this point, I’ve been reading and memorizing the King James version, which has been a rich experience.  This morning I read through John Calvin’s commentary on MATTHEW 5:1-12; LUKE 6:20-26 and realized from the translators notes, that the word blessed in the greek and happy are the same word, Makarios. In Calvin’s commentary […]

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