If you’ve been following along with the weekly blogs, you know that last week my wife, Tammy, wrote a blog titled, Misalignment. Knowing her intimately means that I have a front-row seat to seeing what the Holy Spirit is doing in and through her. It’s truly beautiful because it is a living manifestation of God’s […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Putting ourselves in another’s shoes motivates us to be compassionate and to give and serve where we may not have thought to; and that’s a very good thing. Jesus allowed Himself to be “moved with compassion”. So should we. We mustn’t be afraid to be moved for good, godly reasons;
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion is often most amplified, and therefore the most fruitful, when both parties have similar experiences. Such is the value of regularly gathering, as sheep under a pastor at NCC,
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KEY POINTS FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to
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The Militant Evangelist We ought to be uncompromising regarding the Gospel, right? Agreed. We have the obligation to the Lord to fight the good fight of faith to defend it, right? Indeed. We may even need to debate it, as believers, to ensure we do not drift from the Truth, right? Absolutely! I am astonished
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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: Any“goodness” in God’s eyes comes from the obedience that comes from faith alone! God’s love is a compassionate way of thinking which willingly, truly puts others first, as illustrated at the Cross of Jesus Christ! (today being three days before Resurrection Sunday, we remember the day Jesus went to the
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I literally love the people in my church. And I’m not talking about the impersonal love that I’m commanded to exercise, either, the one the Bible clearly states we all ought to have for others. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without
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