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Tag Archives: faith
The Ingredients of True Repentance
I was pretty sick all day yesterday. I had a major headache, neck ache, and slight nausea throughout the entire day. Besides being greatly revived by my wife’s excellent minestrone soup (it could raise the dead), I was also greatly … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion, faith, grace, hate, puritan, repentance, sin, thomas watson
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Jesus is Bigger Than a Logging Truck
Have you ever met someone who claims they are a Christian yet their life shows no evidence? The only thing that points to the Christianity is their bare claim. People who, “claim to know God, but by their actions they … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, growth, paul washer, repentance, salvation, Sanctification
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My Conversion Was a Train Wreck
What happens when a 37 year old lesbian, tenured English professor who specializes in Queer Theory repents and trusts in Jesus for salvation? In her excellent book, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, gives us her answer as … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion, faith, gay, homosexual, homosexuality, repentance, rosaria champagne butterfield
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When Believing in God Doesn’t Matter
“I believe in God!” Ever hear that? I do. A lot. Now, there isn’t anything wrong with that statement. In fact, there is a lot right with that statement. But the statement – I believe in God – is only … Continue reading
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Tagged apostles creed, atheism, belief, bible, faith, god, jesus, ji packer, paganism, revelation, unbelief
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Do You Plan to Pray?
Few things have been as helpful for my practice of prayer than these few paragraphs. I hope they bless you as they bless me. D.A. Carson: Much praying is not done because we don’t plan to pray. We do not … Continue reading
Capernaum’s Warning
Jesus once issued a condemnation that teaches a very important lesson. He said, “And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, … Continue reading
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Tagged church, church service, faith, gospel, hard heart, heart, jc ryle, jesus, ministry, preaching, Sanctification, unbelief
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You Must Do Something to Be Saved
I have found this a helpful word on the relationship of Christ’s finished work in salvation and our needed work in repentance. I hope it helps you too. Paul declared, “I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion, evangelism, faith, gospel, jesus, repentance, response, salvation, sam waldron
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Where Heaven’s Streets of Gold Lead…
Milton Vincent: In the New Testament, the gospel is several times referred to as the gospel of God (Romans 1:1; 15:16; 2 Corinthians 11:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:2, 8, 9; 1 Peter 4:17). Such an expression should be understood int he fullest sense … Continue reading
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Tagged basics, christian life, christian living, faith, gifts, god, gospel, heaven, joy, milton vincent, reconciliation, rest
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If Satan Took Over Philadelphia
Michael Horton: What would things look like if Satan really took control of a city? Over a half century ago, Presbyterian minister Donald Grey Barnhouse offered his own scenario in his weekly sermon that was also broadcast nationwide on CBS … Continue reading
A Pilgrim's Friend 