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		<title>Christmas &#8211; A gift for Notable Sinners</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2024/12/27/christmas-a-gift-for-notable-sinners/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christmas – A Gift for Notable SimmersDr. John P. Davis Matthew’s record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1:1-17, wonderfully reminds us of the grace of God in giving us a Savior who is not deterred by our great sinfulness. The genealogy of Christ contains the names of notable sinners. They are notable &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2024/12/27/christmas-a-gift-for-notable-sinners/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Christmas &#8211; A gift for Notable Sinners"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vote 2024</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2024/10/22/vote-2024/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[VOTE 2024 &#8216;Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thank to God the Father through Him.&#8217; I won&#8217;t tell you for whom I will vote in this upcoming election, but I will vote for the candidate who best represents biblical values. Here are values that &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2024/10/22/vote-2024/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Vote 2024"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Understanding Forgiveness Toward Others</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2024/03/09/understanding-forgiveness-toward-others/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So, you’ve been sinned against. You are hurt. You know you ought to forgive. So, you say, I forgive them in my heart. But, do you really? You continue to harbor resentment. You have no desire to see them. Have you really forgiven them? Forgiveness is both a disposition of the heart as well as &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2024/03/09/understanding-forgiveness-toward-others/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Understanding Forgiveness Toward Others"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Biblical Catechism on Human Sexuality by Christopher Gordon</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/10/10/a-biblical-catechism-on-human-sexuality-by-christopher-gordon/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An excellent catechism on human sexuality based on the Heidelberg Catechism https://heritagebooks.org/products/the-new-reformation-catechism-on-human-sexuality.html]]></description>
		
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		<title>No to Diversity and Inclusion</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/23/no-to-diversity-and-inclusion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to morality, there is no room for diversity and inclusion. There is only one Creator God and only His revealed standard of gender, marriage, and sex, as given to us in the Bible. Diversity in morality is rebellion against God and His holy and perfect law. Those who fight for diversity and &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/23/no-to-diversity-and-inclusion/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "No to Diversity and Inclusion"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Biblical Morality</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/14/biblical-morality/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Followers of Jesus Christ submit to the authority of Scripture and to Jesus the Lord. The Scriptures are clear that God created only male and female. No one gets to choose their gender or have fluid genders. God instituted marriage as a lifelong Covenant between one man and one woman. Any other kind of marriage &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/14/biblical-morality/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Biblical Morality"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blatantly, morally perverse</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/13/blatantly-morally-perverse/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden leads one of the most blatantly, morally perverse administrations in the history of the world, as he flies the Rainbow flag from the White House and marches in a Pride parade on the White House lawn with topless degenerates. We are to pray for our leaders. I pray both an imprecatory prayer for &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/13/blatantly-morally-perverse/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Blatantly, morally perverse"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Morally Corrupt</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/12/morally-ccorrupt/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Governmentally and corporately, we live in one of the most morally corrupt times in the history of America. It&#8217;s not that America has never been morally corrupt, but that immorality is now affirmed and promoted by government and corporations. Flying the Rainbow flag at the Whitehouse or any other place is a public declaration of &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/12/morally-ccorrupt/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Morally Corrupt"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>LOVE THE GOSPEL: REBUKE PRIDE</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/09/love-the-gospel-rebuke-pride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every Christian who loves the gospel of Jesus Christ laments and rebukes any celebration of &#8220;PRIDE,&#8221; because &#8220;PRIDE&#8221; is sin. Because we love God and love all people, we must hate all sin. Sin is a transgression of the law. &#8220;PRIDE&#8221; transgresses both the law of creation and the moral law. The law is a &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/06/09/love-the-gospel-rebuke-pride/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "LOVE THE GOSPEL: REBUKE PRIDE"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Awakened, but not Woke&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/04/28/awakened-but-not-woke/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 10:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Woke&#8217; is an deceptive, upside down word. It suggests that one has emerged from sleep and slumber to engage a new understanding of the world. Once you are woke, you begin to see things that you never saw before and things that un-woke people do not see. Supposedly, when you are woke, you have a &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2023/04/28/awakened-but-not-woke/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "&#8220;Awakened, but not Woke&#8221;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>God’s Rainbow: Judgment and Mercy</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2022/06/17/gods-rainbow-judgment-and-mercy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; God created the rainbow. God gave humanity the rainbow. He defines the meaning of the rainbow. The rainbow is a solemn reminder of God’s severe judgment on a world that had rebelled against Him and a beautiful symbol of God’s mercy and grace in delaying judgment on our current world. Our world today is &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2022/06/17/gods-rainbow-judgment-and-mercy/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "God’s Rainbow: Judgment and Mercy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Month of Shame, not Pride; Mourning not Celebration</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2022/06/06/a-month-of-shame-not-pride-mourning-not-celebration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House proclamation on June as &#8216;gay pride month&#8217; is a call to mourning, prayer, and an increased counter proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Philippians 3 warns followers of Christ about the destructive end of those &#8220;whose god is their appetite and whose glory is their shame.&#8221; The White House proclamation is &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2022/06/06/a-month-of-shame-not-pride-mourning-not-celebration/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "A Month of Shame, not Pride; Mourning not Celebration"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gospel Implications</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/04/10/gospel-implications/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE GOSPEL How Does the Gospel Transform Us? The question of how spiritual transformation takes place is perhaps one of the more perplexing questions of Christianity. Misunderstanding the nature of spiritual transformation has disastrous consequences, such as pharisaical pride, dark despair, and even abandonment of Christianity. These sad consequences reflect either &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/04/10/gospel-implications/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Gospel Implications"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A New Covenant Reading of Old Covenant Texts</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/04/08/a-new-covenant-reading-of-old-covenant-texts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 23:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A New Covenant Reading of Old Covenant Texts (The Continuity of Theological Concepts) Dr. John P. Davis While studying and teaching Zechariah 9-14 near Beirut, Lebanon I was challenged to think about the meaning and relevance of those chapters to Lebanese believers who often suffer because of the animosity between Lebanon and the very nation &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/04/08/a-new-covenant-reading-of-old-covenant-texts/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "A New Covenant Reading of Old Covenant Texts"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Who are the Heirs of the Abrahamic Covenant?</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/04/04/who-are-the-heirs-of-the-abrahamic-covenant/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who are the Heirs of the Abrahamic Covenant? Key Words: covenant, Abraham, seed, land, promise Synopsis: This paper discusses the question of the church’s relationship to the Abrahamic Covenant.&#160; Though ancillary questions will be discussed indirectly,[i] the issue here is simply whether or not the church of Jesus Christ is a full recipient of the &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/04/04/who-are-the-heirs-of-the-abrahamic-covenant/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Who are the Heirs of the Abrahamic Covenant?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;This is my cross to bear&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/03/19/this-is-my-cross-to-bear/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“This is my cross to bear” Often Christians and non-believers use this phrase to describe their burden of suffering in life. Unfortunately, both of them err in understanding the context of these words given by Jesus. Listen to Jesus’ words after Peter confesses that He is the Messiah: 21 And he strictly charged and commanded &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/03/19/this-is-my-cross-to-bear/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "&#8220;This is my cross to bear&#8221;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why We Recite the Apostles&#8217; Creed at Grace Church</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/01/04/why-we-recite-the-apostles-creed-at-grace-church/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160;From time to time I hear concerns from well-meaning people questioning our use of the Apostles’ Creed. Most often it has to do not so much with the content, but with their personal history of having recited it in the Roman Catholic Church or in a liberal denominational church.&#160; Part of their conversion story is &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2019/01/04/why-we-recite-the-apostles-creed-at-grace-church/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Why We Recite the Apostles&#8217; Creed at Grace Church"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>SSA or Homosexuality &#8211; Words are Important</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2018/11/26/ssa-or-homosexuality-words-are-important/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone by fallen nature is born with the capacity for both the distortion and perversion of natural desire.  Depraved human nature gives the capacity for distortion and perversion; nurture affects how that capacity works out in our desires and actions.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Summary &#8211; The Gospel in Genesis 1-50 and in the City</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2017/10/23/summary-the-gospel-in-genesis-1-50-and-in-the-city/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Summary &#8211; The Gospel in Genesis 1-50 and in the City Genesis has introduced us to the Creator-Redeemer God who graciously gives mankind a garden-temple in which to serve God and from which to extend the worship of God throughout the earth. In Adam all mankind rebels against God and is banished from the temple-garden. &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2017/10/23/summary-the-gospel-in-genesis-1-50-and-in-the-city/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Summary &#8211; The Gospel in Genesis 1-50 and in the City"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Gospel for the City in Genesis 47:28-50:26</title>
		<link>https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2017/10/16/the-gospel-for-the-city-in-genesis-4728-5026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reunion and restoration to Canaan (47:28-50:26) As the story of Genesis winds down, we are wondering about the outcome of the Abrahamic promise that God’s people would bring blessing to the nations. Ironically, the people of God are in exile from their promised land; yet while living as strangers in the midst of a powerful &#8230; <a href="https://www.thegospelfirst.com/2017/10/16/the-gospel-for-the-city-in-genesis-4728-5026/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Gospel for the City in Genesis 47:28-50:26"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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