If you have ever owned a cat- wait, that is not right, let me start again… if you have ever been owned by a cat, then you know what a joyful addition this relationship can be to your life. When you become a cat parent, you willingly become a servant to a 10lb animal; you
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Two wives meet in the woods. It’s an unremarkable day, like any other. It is, for the first wife, a day filled with sadness, anxiety, and insecurity. She goes on walks like this to try to find peace and relief from the constant, soulish agony of feeling unloved. For the second wife, it is a
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OUTLINE: Man- vs. God-Centered Salvation – A man-centered salvation places man’s will (aka, his idol, “free will”) as the sovereign, determining factor in its “gospel”. – A God-centered salvation places God’s will (equipped with His free will) as the sovereign, determining factor in its Gospel.Have FaithIt’s perfectly “normal” to start out perplexed about God’s elective
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OUTLINE:Gill on Jn 6:29“Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God,… The main and principal one, and which is well pleasing in his sight; and without which it is impossible to please him; and without which no work whatever is a good work; and this is of the operation of God,
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“My condolences.” This seems to be the go-to statement that most people offer to those who’ve recently suffered a death in the family. We say this because it’s “safe” during what is, for many of us, an uncomfortable situation. I mean, death has such a ripple effect in the lives of loved ones that any
OUTLINE: Gill on Jn 6:29“Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God,… The main and principal one, and which is well pleasing in his sight; and without which it is impossible to please him; and without which no work whatever is a good work; and this is of the operation of
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OUTLINE: We cannot lay claim to a single act of goodness from a state of total depravity. Ro 5:8but God shows his love for us [context: Paul is writing to believers] in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Proper Perspective When Studying SalvationWe must heed Solomon’s wisdom (Ecc 12:13-14). We are
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I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to come up with one redeeming value of labels; I mean, other than the obvious utility of being able to communicate using nouns during proper speech (it is, after all, convenient to refer to an object, place, or person by name rather than point to it and grunt like a baby).
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OUTLINE: There’s no way to reconcile everything in the Bible unless it’s all true. We cannot lay claim to a single act of goodness from a state of total depravity. “weak”from asthenes [“a” = without + “sthenos” = strength] – literally means “without strength”; in context, it means we were incapable of contributing to our salvation We
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OUTLINE:There’s no way to reconcile everything in the Bible unless it’s all true. The Root Cause of a False GospelMan has a terrible, though predictable, habit of stealing God’s glory for himself – STARTING with the Gospel! To God Be the GloryTo slight God’s glory is to slight one’s own sanctification, for you cannot be
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