Benjamin Franklin once quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While this is a humorous way of distilling the inescapable truths in life, it isn’t accurate by Biblical revelation. It does, however, reflect on the sense of futility one might experience in this world. King Solomon wrote […]
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Without light, we walk in darkness. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. – 1 John
TODAY’S VERSE: 1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” We have been learning about salvation in prep school. Salvation is how God saves His children from sin and
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: What Is Fair– blog 4/6/25 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 17:17) our sense of fairness changes, freeing us from the bondage of the question that plagues the
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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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There are times, as a pastor, when I sit down to write a blog to you and nothing comes to me, at least not immediately. It is typically those times when the Spirit says, “Take a step back and consider where I’ve taken all of you.” It is then that I realize what He wants
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OUTLINE: Walk in the Light!May we never lose sight of the big picture regarding the Lord’s salvation, and may we never surrender our gratitude to the pressures of this world! Mt 17:1-2And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
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OUTLINE: The Sphere of God Blog – 4/9/21Guarantees to Hang Your Hat On Things that are NOT guaranteed Self-Induced MiseryIt’s when we think we have the RIGHT to demand such things as permanent blessings that we place ourselves in bondage to poor expectations! Your joy is intrinsic to your abiding in the sphere of God’s love.Jas
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TODAY’S VERSE: Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.As we continue to study Salvation in prep school, we have been learning more about sin. In last month’s newsletter, “The Salvation Plan”, we learned about God’s plan to save us from sin. As God draws
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