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Electric Fences

Cows were a prevalent part of the scenery when I was growing up. There was a bull inside of an electric fence down the street whom my junior high school friends and I used to dare each other to sneak up on, smack on the behind, and then sprint back before getting run down by […]

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Part 2 – The Root Cause of a False Gospel

OUTLINE: Pulpit Messages 11/18/21 – The Root Cause of a False Gospel 11/14/21 – We Are Sanctified to God’s Glory 11/11/21 – Beholding God’s Glory 11/7/21 – Whose Life is This? Whose Glory? 11/4/21 – Do All to the Glory of GodDo you think there’s a direct relationship between our respect for God’s glory and our Gospel? God’s Glorious ImmutabilityWhen

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One and the Same

You started the day out right; you read your Bible, spent some quality time in prayer, rejoiced with gratitude for all that God has done for you, and expressed love and patience towards those in your household. You ended this same day in shame, saddened by the thoughts you indulged in, the words you spoke,

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Unlocking Romans Chapter 6

A man and a woman get married while still unbelievers. The marriage is often unpleasant and the husband’s abusive words have had enough impact over the years that they have taken root in the woman’s psyche, given her own fleshly weaknesses. He’s beaten down her spirit because he, himself, is an insecure little man (or

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Part 30 – Proverbs 17 Wisdom

OUTLINE: “I’m better!”Your so-called “victory” becomes your judgment. When the flesh’s perspective “wins”, you lose. That is your “punishment” (ala Pr 17:5). “seared”from kauteriazo – means to brand (sear) with a red-hot iron; (figuratively) cauterized, which destroys the “spiritual nerve-endings.” “God gave them up”“gave up” is from paradidomi – means to give (turn) over; “hand over from,” i.e. to deliver over with a

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Short-Wicked Firecrackers

Have you ever lit a firecracker with a really short wick? I remember being a kid and somehow gaining access to fireworks (usually just the small stuff, either firecrackers or bottle rockets, with an occasional Roman candle). My cousins and I were essentially menaces when we were young. Being equipped with explosives, even small ones,

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