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: Any “goodness” in God’s eyes comes from the obedience that comes from faith alone! The Bible is filled with two aspects: how a person is saved & how salvation is assured. If you’re not reading your Bible IN CONTEXT, you aren’t reading your Bible properly and therefore are immediately prone
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My church used to be a cow barn. Yup, you heard that right – a cow barn. The builders, who happened to be childhood friends of mine, purchased the parcel of land from a local farmer who had used it for sheltering animals. They modified the barn by raising it off its foundation by about
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Either way, the testing of one’s faith leads to truth and goodness. “The Visible Results of Saving Faith” – Special Message from 11-25-18. The wonderful results of saving faith include the visible “miracles” that occur in the lives of believers; changed lives that are totally the work of God’s grace.“The Visible
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In both the ministry and in my secular life, I’ve heard hundreds of people repeat Paul’s encouraging words to Timothy, “Fight the good fight” (1 Timothy 6:12). I believe it is an oversubscribed call to action in the sense that it is often used disrespectfully (many times the original sentence is truncated, lacking the “of the faith” at the
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OUTLINE:1Co 14:33aFor God is not a God of confusion but of peace. “Context” from Oxford Dictionary:The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage
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OUTLINE: What is salvation? – Hebrew yesha (root for Joshua & Jesus) – refers to freedom from something binding/restricting deliverance – Greek soteria – means deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation; to cure, to rescueInstead of Seeking Theology…Somewhere along the line, the religious Jews lost sight of the spirit in favor of the letter – they lost sight of Christ, the
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