Christmas 2021
OUTLINE: Mk 10:27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”Thanks be to God for His indescribable Gift!
The Season of Encouragement
Be encouraged, my dear friends. If you’re reading this, you know that there exists whole populations of people who desire to celebrate Christmas for Christ’s sake alone. You know that some of us are here with you in spirit (if not physically) and that our love for our Lord grows with a velocity towards all
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Part 53 – The Lord Is Our Confidence
OUTLINE: ObedienceWhat begins at salvation, proper, with the command to obey the Gospel, continues throughout our lives as we are commanded to obey the Word (FYI – the same Holy Spirit that convicts us at salvation is the same One who convicts us as believers). “If you love Me, you will keep my commandments” (Jn 14:15)“Obedience
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Part 52 – The Lord Is Our Confidence
OUTLINE: ObedienceWhat begins at salvation, proper, with the command to obey the Gospel, continues throughout our lives as we are commanded to obey the Word (FYI – the same Holy Spirit that convicts us at salvation is the same One who convicts us as believers). 1Jn 5:3For this is the love of God, that we
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There’s No Such Thing As an Ex-Christian
I always get a kick out of people who claim to have once been a Christian, but have since decided against it. On paper, this sounds acceptable, but there are two presuppositions that I refuse to accept because they are garbage. First, that being a Christian is akin to partaking in something temporal, like a
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Part 51 – The Lord Is Our Confidence
OUTLINE: God gave us the Law as a grace gift!!!Rom. 7:7b…if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. Do Not Be Fooled!We see tears and we don’t recognize that they spring from a root of arrogance! When the flesh is offended, it often cries out for relief. Seize the
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Part 50 – The Lord Is Our Confidence
OUTLINE: Effective EvangelismWe noted that Jesus used the Law to lead people to salvation by grace through faith (ala Gal 3:24; Eph 2:8-9). Gal 3:24Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.“tutor”from paidagogos – a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children
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KIDS’ CORNER: Forever Protected
TODAY’S VERSES: John 10:27-29 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch
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The Gospel Is a Command
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Ask Jesus into your heart”? Is this biblical? Doesn’t it presuppose that Jesus is sort of just hanging around waiting to be invited into the heart of man? The whole fictitious scene reminds me of a shy kid waiting to be asked to dance at a school function, as
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Part 3 – Effective Evangelism Review
OUTLINE: The Love of GodGod loves us beyond human comprehension; by giving us His Law, He has provided us with the basis for understanding this love. We find it magnified at the Cross, where our transgressions against His perfect law are met with sacrifice. Jn 4:14“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give
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