KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: John MacArthur on Gen 3:21 The first physical deaths should have been the man and his wife, but it was an animal – a shadow of the reality that God would someday kill a substitute to redeem sinners. God’s care for us is lavish; not only far more than we […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Compassion transcends our own circumstances. It is void of partiality because it is focused on the suffering of others, even when said suffering is self-inflicted. Compassion is not selective. You cannot lead if you lack compassion! I Don’t Like You – blog 9/20/25 “For all that is in the world—the desires of
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: James 1:22-7 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If you believe God is Sovereign and can do what He wants, including guiding and directing your steps, then you must believe there are no coincidences. God puts things in our paths for a reason. Walk in the privileges/opportunities He puts before you (Ephesians 2:10). HIS WORD is THE source
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: As it applies to a local church, integrity means ALL members are functioning in their God-given roles (ala Ro 12:1-8). When the Lord convicts you of your spiritual gift (aka, your role in the Body of Christ, the Church), it’s your duty to comply. Instead of being “disappointed” with God’s
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: When the Lord convicts you of your spiritual gift (aka, your role in the Body of Christ, the Church), it’s your duty to comply. Instead of being “disappointed” with God’s choice, you ought to be truly excited about the fact that you are valuable enough to Him to have been
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If you ever played in an organized sport, you likely remember your coach telling you to get some rest before a big game. If you ever traveled for a team sporting event, your coach likely gave you and your teammates a curfew that was strictly enforced (e.g., if you broke curfew, you would be benched).
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Truth hurts sometimes, especially when there’s an unavoidable action that we must take when convicted by it. Growing Pains -Blog from 7/18/25 A local assembly is a grace gift from God and we each have a role to play (1 Corinthians 12). We bring our own spiritual gifts to
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We are called/commanded to BE a community of brothers/sisters/mothers/fathers in the faith. And like ANY command, this requires OBEDIENCE. Our first reaction to challenging teaching or correction shouldn’t be defensiveness, but rather openness. This takes humility, as that is the essence of obedience. The Truth hurts sometimes, especially when there’s
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Obedience needs to come from the heart; from a place of humility. Operating in His love has certain good fruits that come about in our hearts and in our lives. A Cold Shell of Obedience – Blog from 8/2/19 There are two kinds of obedience: that which is done in
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