OUTLINE: William Booth“The chief danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.” Lk 24:45-48 NASUThen He (Jesus) opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the […]
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There are two ways to approach the truth…The Word of God is truth (Psalm 119:160; John 17:17); “And the Word became flesh” (John 1:14). There are two ways to approach the Truth, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ: humbly or arrogantly. In both cases, there is a fixed result. As I wrote in my last blog, Grace, Works, and
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Suppose you are picnicking with your family in a park. It is the last conceivable time you’ll be able to splurge on a day off from work and enjoy a little cheese and wine because you just lost everything you own to a natural disaster. You are broke. Suddenly, a man arrives at your site
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OUTLINE: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress“God’s grace is the most incredible and insurmountable truth ever to be revealed to the human heart, which is why God has given us His Holy Spirit to superintend the process of more fully revealing the majesty of the work done on our behalf by our Savior.” John Bunyan, The
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Peace is a simple concept, war is not. Growing up was scary at times. I remember turning on the TV, watching the news, even seeing grainy footage of absurdly named bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy, being dropped on the Japanese, and being really afraid of nuclear war. Looking back, the so-called “Cold War” produced fear on steroids. To a
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OUTLINE: Jn 5:17But He (Jesus) answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”God Loves OrphansGod our Father said “I want you. I’ll save you. Come into My home. I will be your Father.” God’s Love For OrphansWhen we approach someone with the Gospel, we are letting them know that God wants
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OUTLINE: Jn 5:17But He (Jesus) answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.” God Loves OrphansGod our Father said “I want you. I’ll save you. Come into My home. I will be your Father.” God’s Love For OrphansWhen we approach someone with the Gospel, we are letting them know that God
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God made us for Himself: that is the only explanation that satisfies the heart of a thinking man, whatever his wild reason may say. Should faulty education and perverse reasoning lead a man to conclude otherwise, there is little that any Christian can do for him. For such a man I have no message. —
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“What are we celebrating?” This one question has been recurring from my pulpit for quite some time now. The context typically includes an admixture of invitation, partiality, oversight, and misguided emotions. The example most often mentioned concerns family (I’m speaking of blood relatives, particularly immediate family members). Family represents a natural petri dish for conflict.
Love and humility. What a pair. To abide in the first is to know the second. To know the second is to respond with the first. The dynamic is divinely orchestrated as a blessing for believers alone, a harmonious sphere of godliness. In the beginning [before Creation] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and