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What does God do?     “Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts” (Acts 3:2).     This is a passage reflecting on previously overlooked parts of the Bible.   It's a verse that was read casually without attaching any special meaning to it, a passage that was simply passed over.   The specific verse mentioned is Acts 3:2a - "Now a man crippled from birth …."   Until now, I had only thought of the story as Peter and John going up to the temple and instructing the man who was unable to walk from birth to rise and walk in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (v. 6).   However, during a recent early morning prayer meeting, I was reminded of John 9:1, which speaks of a man blind from birth.   Perhaps the reason for this connection is that the Acts 3:2 passage caused me to think of the man blind from birth from John 9:1, w...

“Be saved from this  perverse generation”           [Acts 2:37-41]     Dallas Willard states in his book "Renovation of the Heart" that efforts to change behavior without inner transformation are in vain.   However, it seems that we are more focused on changing behavior rather than inner transformation.   For example, nowadays many churches are putting more emphasis on hardware rather than software.   In an internet article titled "The 'Plate' Has Shifted" on the Church Communication Research Institute website (July 11, 2002), Eui-yong Lee talks about ten ways the world is changing.   The third change is described as follows: ‘The third change is a shift from hardware to software.   If we consider the piano as hardware, then the sheet music can be considered as software.   Until now, it was important how big and high-performing the piano was.   But now, how to play the piano, similar to the sheet...