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Do you have a Submissive Spirit … Or a Rebellious One? Ezekiel 1-5. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Ezekiel 1-5

And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house. “But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

Ezekiel 2:7-8 ESV

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are all around you, and have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules, and have not even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you, therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I, am against you. And I will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 5:7-8 ESV

Former Atheist asks, Do you have a Submissive Spirit … Or a Rebellious One? – FormerAtheist58
Whate’er my God Ordains is Right

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The Grace of God has Appeared… What Now? Titus. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 46, Titus 1-3

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

Titus 2:11-3:8

Former Atheist says PRAISE GOD! JESUS CAME … Now What? – FormerAtheist58
Lead us to Repentance – Sovereign Grace Music

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Hard Words for Older Women – and Younger Women, too. Titus. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 44, Titus 1-3

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

Titus 2:3-5 ESV

Hard Words for Older Women – and Younger Women, too – FormerAtheist58
It’s Always been You- Phil Wickham

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Do your Church Leaders Teach Sound Doctrine and Rebuke Those who Contradict It? Titus. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 43, Titus

Our church recently ordained a new elder and retired one to “emeritus” status after serving faithfully since our church was planted, 37 years ago!

I am so thankful for a team of elders who have been chosen in obedience to Titus 1:7-9,

For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Do your Church Leaders Teach Sound Doctrine and Rebuke Those who Contradict It? – FormerAtheist58
In Christ Alone – Getty and CityAlight

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PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD AND APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST. Titus 1. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 42, Titus 1

“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;”

Titus 1:1-3 ESV

PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD AND APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST – FormerAtheist58
He Leadeth Me – T4G Live

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MAKING A RESPECTFUL APPEAL. Philemon. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 40-41, Philemon

Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment.

Philemon 1:8-10 ESV

MAKING A RESPECTFUL APPEAL – FormerAtheist58
Lovingkindness – Getty

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Beware of False Prophets! 🚨 Jeremiah 22-23. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 16, Jeremiah 22-23

Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD, ‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”

Jeremiah 23:16-17 ESV

Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Matthew 7:13-15 ESV

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS – FormerAtheist58
In Christ Alone – Getty

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Don’t Be Surprised When you Obey God … And Get Hated 🥺 Jeremiah 20-21. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 15, Jeremiah 20-21

Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 20:1-2 ESV

DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU OBEY GOD … AND GET HATED 🥺 – FormerAtheist58
I Need Thee Every Hour – Hymns of Grace

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Loving Your Enemies… and Praying for their Harm? Jeremiah 18-19. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 14, Jeremiah 18-19

What do we do with “imprecatory prayers” like the one found in Jeremiah 18:23 ESV, “Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger”?

How do we reconcile Jeremiah’s prayer with Paul’s writings in Romans 12:17-21 ESV?

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

Romans 12:17-21 ESV

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For more on this, I recommend you listen to Austin Cox’s sermon from October 20, 2024 at Collierville Bible Church on Imprecatory Psalms. Listen to it on Spotify here or Apple Podcasts here.

Loving Your Enemies… and Praying for their Harm? – FormerAtheist58
Rise my Soul, The Lord is Risen – Getty

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BLESSED is the Man who TRUSTS in the LORD. Jeremiah 16-17. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 13, Jeremiah 16-17

Thus says the LORD:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.

He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Jeremiah 17:5-8

BLESSED is the Man who TRUSTS in the LORD – FormerAtheist58
Like a Tree – Caroline Cobb

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