“Love is an act of service for one in need, not necessarily an emotion.” – John MacArthur (1939 – 2025) I recently heard the above quote from a recorded message on Spotify taught by Pastor MacArthur titled, Love Your Enemies. In it he expounded upon the Biblical definition of love in order to qualify Jesus’ […]
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Solomon, the wisest man of his time, wrote at the very beginning of his book on wisdom: The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge
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The God of This World It’s the Christmas season. What a lovely time of year for us, would you agree? Then why is my soul on high alert? Why is this time of year always a dichotomy for me? How about you? Do you ever feel torn in two during this time of year? On
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TODAY’S VERSE: John 1:12 “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” As today’s verse tells us, once we are born again and saved, God considers us family! As members of His family, what is expected of us? Are we to live each
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: What’s the greatest news you’ve ever heard? Death is insurmountable…but not for Christ (who IS God). Christ overcame death because you were incapable of it. And being baptized into union with Him at salvation means you have also been baptized into His death and resurrection! If it weren’t for Christ’s
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It’s difficult to say the title of this blog without immediately singing the melody, isn’t it? It’s a lovely one and, if you’re anything like me, you can sometimes glaze over the words in favor of the music. It’s not that I don’t sing the words or understand them while I’m singing them, it’s just
I recently heard Pastor Robert Charles Sproul say that a good way to think about joy is to view it as an acronym; “J” for “Jesus”, “O” for “others”, and “Y” for “you”. He said the order is very important if you’re ever to understand what joy is and where it comes from. If Jesus
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:This “better hope” (Heb 7:19) is the New Covenant made possible by the sacrifice of Christ once and for all (aka – the promise of salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone). What a friend we have in Jesus!
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If you’ve been on the fence in your soul, turn to the Lord while there’s still time/opportunity! IF we humbly obey the command to diligently seek Him, He will reward us with supernatural blessings that go beyond our imagination. Do we read His word with the intention of getting to
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We hope you and yours had a very Merry Christmas! From all of us at North Christian Church – God bless!
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