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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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Any“goodness” in God’s eyes comes from the obedience that comes from faith alone! God’s love is a compassionate way of thinking which willingly, truly puts others first, as illustrated at the Cross of Jesus Christ! (today being three days before Resurrection Sunday, we remember the day Jesus went to the
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: What Is Fair – blog 4/6/25 The reason people’s sense of fairness varies so widely is that their scale of values also varies widely.…One of the greatest blessings we’re given as children of God is a change in our scale of values. As that happens through God’s sanctifying Word (ala John
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TODAY’S VERSE: Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” As we continue our study on salvation in prep school, we turn our focus on what exactly it is that believers in Jesus Christ are saved from. As today’s verse tells
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TODAY’S VERSE: Jeremiah 17:7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.” We recently started our Salvation series in prep school. The Holy Spirit had us spend some time learning about confidence. Confidence is defined as, the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something. What
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Why Should You Be Happy? – blog 12/12/24 I suppose the right question to ask isn’t why should you be happy, but rather, why aren’t you happy, if not always so? A truly happy person is one who abides in God’s Word as a way of life. It has become them,
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There are two reasons why a believer should always be happy. First, you’re saved…’nough said. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! – 2 Corinthians 9:15 Second, you have been given the Word of God to wash over you anytime you open your Bible and anytime the Holy Spirit reminds you of His Word.
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Pleasure Without Joy Is a Ruse”– blog 11/22/24 Satisfying fleshly desires will never be the source of joy; rather, it is, at best, a temporary “drug” to help you through the day. To give into the human heart’s base desires is to give into something that is truly sick and
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I remember when the two airplanes flew into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (aka 9/11). We Americans were shaken to our very core. We were incensed, appalled, and scared. Do you remember the effect this even had on church attendance? In the weeks following 9/11, churches were reporting record high attendance. It
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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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