KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Counterfeits don’t only deceive us, but they are DESTRUCTIVE, especially destroying our peace and intimacy with the Lord. Anything we do to our own body, we are doing to God. Perspective: why don’t we think about how we’re hurting the Lord when we sin?? Aren’t we sinning against the One […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Counterfeits don’t only deceive us, but they are DESTRUCTIVE, especially destroying our peace and intimacy with the Lord. Anything we do to our own body, we are doing to God. Perspective: why don’t we think about how we’re hurting the Lord when we sin?? Aren’t we sinning against the One
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A fundamental objective of the KoD is to offer up a counterfeit salvation/deliverance to human beings (vs. salvation/deliverance from God). Anything we do to our own body, we are doing to God. A life filled with gratitude to the Lord is a life filled with joy. The writer of Hebrews
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: There’s a rapidly expanding subculture where a person’s preference is for fantasy over reality. There are entire industries now built to accommodate this perversion. Sexual fantasy is leading the way (all types across all sorts of media: Internet, movies/TV, books, events, etc.). “Pleasure Without Joy Is a Ruse” – blog 11/22/24
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In Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians, four times he borrowed a saying that was common at the time, “All things are lawful.” This was something that apparently the folks in Corinth, known for their gross immorality, would’ve understood as justification for licentiousness. This saying, “All things are lawful,” became a slogan for liberty. Their justification would’ve been that
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I’m going to ask you to imagine something so reprehensible that you may be inclined to stop reading this blog. But, please allow me to preempt that knee-jerk reaction by preparing you for it before it happens. I’m telling you, what I’m about to ask you to envision is something none of us are really
Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? — Amos 3:5 No and no, to answer the prophet Amos’ questions. What’s he getting at, though? The simple gist of his wisdom is that if
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