I always get a kick out of people who claim to have once been a Christian, but have since decided against it. On paper, this sounds acceptable, but there are two presuppositions that I refuse to accept because they are garbage. First, that being a Christian is akin to partaking in something temporal, like a […]
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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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How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust,And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done,And Your thoughts toward us;There is none to compare with You.If I would declare and speak of them,They would be
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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The referee’s open palm slammed onto the rubber mat and the hushed crowd erupted in thunderous applause. The wrestler in the blue uniform (let’s call him the “blue wrestler”) had finally pinned his opponent after a long fought, agonizing match. The audience rooting for the young man in the red uniform (the “red wrestler”) was
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And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, “THE SPIRIT OF
The world often asks itself, “Why are we here?” Some of us already have our answer. Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy. But to me it is a
I spent many years in sales and marketing roles for the high-tech industry before transitioning to full-time ministry. During that time, my sales teams were tasked with educating potential customers of the value of our solutions, whatever they were at the time. Over time, we developed a sense of feel for the likelihood of a
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Grace precedes judgment. Grace precedes judgment. Grace precedes judgment!!! OK, got it? Do yourself a favor and keep on repeating that to yourself until it cannot escape your conscious mind. Make a jingle out of it if you must, but do not let it leave you…ever. Satan hates me for writing this (part of me
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TODAY’S VERSE:John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. In prep school we are studying God’s plan for salvation. A plan is a way to get something done, and what this plan does is make a way
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