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The Saturday Post(s)
What’s God’s Will for My Life? R.C. Sproul does his thang and answers this frequently asked question by helping us think through what we mean by God’s will. How to Keep Your Kids From Leaving Jesus After Graduation. Some great counsel … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, children, church membership, college, doubt, gods will, jonathan leeman, joy, kids, martyrs, matt chandler, michael patton, parenting, parents, suffering, summer
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Husbands, Do You Dare?
Marriages are not static, but dynamic. They are not like rocks that never change and don’t need tending to, but they are like trees that change with each coming season and need lots of water, sunshine, and good soil. Therefore, … Continue reading
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Tagged complementarianism, gender, husbands, marriage, rob lister, wedding, wives
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Can You Say, “Imitate Me”?
D.A. Carson asks, ““Do you ever say to a young Christian, ‘Do you want to know what Christianity is like? Watch me!’ If you never do, you are unbiblical.” Unbiblical? How so? Well, because Paul gives us many examples of … Continue reading
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Tagged church, discipleship, growth, mentor, pastoral ministry, pastors, Sanctification, teaching, youth
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More Generous Than You Know
This last Sunday, one of our pastors, Derick Zeulner, preached a fantastic sermon on the abundance God has for us in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. During his sermon he shared one man’s testimony about his own father’s generosity. One … Continue reading
What If I Don’t Feel Like Worshipping?
“Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 134 Eugene Peterson: Do that for which you were … Continue reading
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Tagged christian living, church, eugene peterson, feelings, guidance, obedience, singing, worship
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The Saturday Post(s)
The Church is for Messy People. “Church should be a place where messy people feel comfortable. When I say “messy people”, I don’t mean people who are willfully engaging in unrepentant sin. I mean people who are seeking to follow Jesus, … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, albert mohler, apologetics, church, cs lewis, debate, growth, michael patton, motherhood, science, sin, suffering
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Jesus Isn’t Interested in Good People
Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 10:45 Rico Tice comments well on this passage: It upsets religious people enormously … Continue reading
The Backward, Upward, & Forward Look
J.C. Ryle: The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for His return. Backward they looked to the cross and the atonement for sin, and rejoiced in Christ crucified. Upward they looked to Christ at the … Continue reading
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Tagged cross, intercession, jc ryle, jesus, Sanctification, second coming
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The Saturday Post(s)
Jesus, You Are Enough. Great article with a great challenge. “I’m challenged myself as I gaze around my room at the heaps of stuff – some of it useful, some of it decorative, some of it of sentimental value, some … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atonement, copernicus, cross, death, demonology, demons, failure, gospel, heaven, heavenly tourism, jesus, propitiation, Sanctification, satan, science, scientific revolution, suffering, tragedy
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15 Things to Remember When Criticized
Mark Altrogge serves us well with these 15 things to remember when we are criticized: View correction as a good thing: Ps 141:5 says: “Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, growth, humility, mark altrogge, Sanctification, teachable
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