OUTLINE: Theme: Simplicity and Purity of Devotion to Christ – New Year, Fresh Start (2 parts) [prioritization of first love] – Stress (10 parts) [greatest stress factor is loss of first love] – Look Around. Seriously, Look Long and Hard (2 parts) [embrace the simple things in life]Your deliverance is a function of your focus […]
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OUTLINE:2Ti 3:16-17All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.2Ti 3:16-17 [Amplified]All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error
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OUTLINE:The Best Encouragement – blog 4/29/23If we truly wish to encourage a fellow believer, our greatest tool is the Word of God. A righteous person (who lives by faith) will always defer to God’s ability to deliver a person in time of need. Faith is the end goal; love is the motivation.Heb 11:1 NKJVNow faith is
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OUTLINE: The Best Encouragement – blog 4/29/23If we truly wish to encourage a fellow believer, our greatest tool is the Word of God. A righteous person (who lives by faith) will always defer to God’s ability to deliver a person in time of need. Faith is the end goal; love is the motivation.Godly EncouragementEncouragement often begins
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OUTLINE: Latest Blogs – What Do You See? – We’re Supposed to Stick Together – 2/24/23 – The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – 2/17/23 – The Difference Between Evangelism and Shepherding – 2/10/23 – Roadkill – 2/3/23Rom 10:3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did
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OUTLINE: Latest Blogs – What Do You See? – We’re Supposed to Stick Together – 2/24/23 – The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – 2/17/23 – The Difference Between Evangelism and Shepherding – 2/10/23 – Roadkill – 2/3/23Context is key!The Difference Between Exposition and ParenesisThe goal of exposition is to explain something (e.g., when
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OUTLINE: The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – blog 2/17/23 The Audience of HebrewsThis was a church in crisis for several reasons: it had lost its original leaders, it was under constant attack, some members were failing to fellowship together, and some had already defected (apostatized). There was a perfect storm brewing. (Heb 2:1; 3:12-15;
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OUTLINE: The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – blog 2/17/23 The Book of Hebrews was like a dart thrown by a master dart player.The Audience of HebrewsThis was a church in crisis for several reasons: it had lost its original leaders, it was under constant attack, some members were failing to fellowship together, and some
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OUTLINE:Christ Saves Ministries UPDATE NEW!!! – 4only1.org NOTE: Christsavesministries.org now forwards to the above The Difference Between Evangelism and Shepherding – blog 2/3/23You don’t talk about the good news to an unbeliever the same way you do to a believer.The Audience of HebrewsThe audience was likely a house church among a multitude located in or
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OUTLINE:The Audience of HebrewsThe message was prepared for a specific local group who considered themselves Christians and were distinguished from leadership, though intimate with them (past and present). (Heb 13:17, 24) The Audience of HebrewsIt is very likely that the local assembly was a house church located in an urban setting and that it had
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