I have often preached sermons using a teaching device I call “push versus pull” (push-pull). The concept is simple. Suppose an object needs to travel from point A to point B. In the push-pull framework, that object can either be pushed away from point A towards point B, where the force is behind the object, […]
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TODAY’S VERSE: Romans 9:15 “For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion’.” Last month, we read how Jonah shared God’s warning with the Ninevites and how they repented from their sinful ways! How do think Jonah, the prophet of God,
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TODAY’S VERSE: Revelation 3:19 “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.” As we move on in our study to chapter 2 of Jonah, let us first review chapter 1. God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh and warn the people that He would destroy them if they did
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As a child of God, you have been PREDESTINED (your destiny was set before you were born) to be “conformed to the image of His Son”!!! When you understand GOD’s divine design for suffering, then you EMBRACE it!!! You must have a balanced diet of training and discipline so that your whole body is ready
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: As a child of God, you have been PREDESTINED (your destiny was set before you were born) to be “conformed to the image of His Son”!!! When you understand GOD’s divine design for suffering, then you EMBRACE it!!! Since our Father loves His children, He disciplines them. Said discipline is meant
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Faith is vindicated by the works it produces. William Lane on Biblical Discipline The Biblical concept of discipline combines the nuances of training, instruction, and firm guidance with those of reproof, correction, and punishment. “conformed” – from summorphos – means properly, conformed, by sharing the same inner essence–identity (form); showing similar behavior from having the same
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: P.G. Muller on Jesus in Hebrew 12:2 He strode ahead of all believers in faith and led faith to its definitive end. “perfector” – from teleiotes – means “consummator“; specifically refers to Jesus, the one bringing the life of faith to its complete conclusion (consummation, finish). In every scene of His earthly life, Jesus lived
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: P.G. Muller on Jesus in Hebrew 12:2 He strode ahead of all believers in faith and led faith to its definitive end. “perfector” – from teleiotes – means “consummator”; specifically refers to Jesus, the one bringing the life of faith to its complete conclusion (consummation, finish). In every scene of His earthly life, Jesus lived
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TODAY’S VERSES: Jonah 1-3a “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.’ But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” We recently started a new series in prep school studying the book of Jonah! If you
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TODAY’S VERSE: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” We recently spent some time in prep school discussing the blessing of giving thanks to God. The kids were asked to write down 5 things that they were grateful for, including details about why
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