KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A good church is a disciplined church. The end goal of discipline is PEACE! Our most important job, our most important profession, is as a professing Christian!!! And we’re all called to be good leaders in some capacity!! The best way to inspire change is to model it. We bring […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A good church is a disciplined church. The end goal of discipline is PEACE! The best way to inspire change is to model it. We should strive for excellence in all we do. How do we, as a community, deal with sin in the church? Sin in a local assembly
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OUTLINE: The Bible, a Twofold Record of God’s Great Works: – Creation (Gen 1-2) – Redemption (Gen 3-Rev 22)God’s Salvific Plan (aka Redemption) – God the Father planned it. – God the Son accomplished it. – God the Holy Spirit applies it.Salvation by GraceGod does all the work in sanctification (Php 1:6 – something He
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Unlike the blissful ease during unchallenged living, times of pressure have a habit of forcing you to ponder your faith. Even as a well-intentioned believer in Christ, you may not fully understand the extent of it. When faith is tested, fear erupts from within you, always. What is the nature of this fear? That is
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As a pastor, one of the most frequent questions I receive is, “How do I know if I’m saved?” By the grace of God, Holy Scripture contains everything we ever need to know about the assurance of our salvation in Christ Jesus. God is love. As such, He imparts to us a “living hope” that the apostle
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Think about what it means to confess something. In religious contexts, it typically means to confess a sin, but in its most generic usage, confession is not so narrow. The Greek word in the New Testament is homologeo, which means “to say the same thing, or to agree (with God).” Now consider what it means to
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