I wasn’t sure what the Spirit would have me write this week, so I began setting up my Mac environment with my typical writing, research, and Bible tools, when up pops this new “feature” in my Microsoft 365 Word app call “co-pilot”. Now, mind you, I didn’t ask to have this feature installed and I […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: In the spiritual life, while there’s a time to pace ourselves (like in a marathon), there’s a constant attitude of aggressive pursuit (we’re running to win)! We must keep our eyes straight ahead, on Christ, and we do this through humble dedication to His Word. There’s tremendous value in having
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Simple Doesn’t Mean Simplistic – blog, 7/12/24A simple life is unfettered by vain philosophies and ideas that distract us from the Truth that sets us free (John 8:32). Christ is our ‘true north’, and all our investments of time and energy are to be directed towards being sanctified in Him (e.g.,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Adopted Sorrow – blog, 7/5/24I don’t have massive sorrow in my own life, fortunately; however, I often feel the sorrow in this world as if it were my own. People are in a perpetual state of pain and suffering, most often because of their own poor decision-making. Even so, I’ve learned
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There are hard truths in the Bible that we don’t always like to accept. Of course, there are the ones strewn across the Old Testament where God wipes out a bunch of so-called “innocent” people (I put the word “innocent” in quotes because it requires a much longer analysis than I have time for here).
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OUTLINE: The Threefold Method of Salvation – By innocent (Heb 9:14), shed (Mt 26:28), applied (Rev 1:5) blood (Heb 9:22). – Through a person (Jon 2:9; Ac 4:12; 1Th 5:9; Heb 5:9). – By grace (Eph 2:8-9; Tit 2:11).The grace of God has ALWAYS been under attack!!! Things That Accompany Salvation – Charles Spurgeonhttps://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/things-that-accompany-salvation Charles Spurgeon
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OUTLINE: Every Golf Shot Makes Someone Happy2/11/22 – blog 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.1Co 14:33aFor God is not a God
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TODAY’S VERSE: Ephesians 4:30Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. In Prep School we are continuing to learn about Eternal Security (confidence in our eternity with God). This verse says that God the Holy Spirit “seals” us. What does that mean? Well, in essence,
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