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What Exactly Is Sexual Immorality?
In 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Paul writes, “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, … Continue reading
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Tagged dating, gender, kevin deyoung, love, relationships, sex, sexual immorality, sin
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To Love Sin is to Hate Jesus
Becoming a Christian changes things. It changes what you do, what you think, and how you feel about all kinds of things. Not only does it create new loves, but also, becoming a Christians means you gain new things to … Continue reading
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Tagged cross, growth, hate, jesus, love, Sanctification, sin
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The Most Moving Prayer on the Cross I Know Of
I have yet to find a more moving prayer on the cross of Jesus Christ than this one. May the Lord open your eyes all the wider to see how His loves shines at Calvary. Note: For those of you who … Continue reading
Adoption: Our Highest Blessing (In Honor of Baby Eli)
My wife and I are blessed with, what it seems, the best kind of friends God has to offer. I could speak for days about the gratefulness I have for the friends Christ has gifted to my wife and I. … Continue reading
We Lepers…
“So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.” John 1:14 John Ortberg: Father Damien was a … Continue reading
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Tagged gospel, incarnation, jesus, kindness, love, mercy, missions
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The Saturday Post(s)
Love is Not Open-Mindedness. A needed reminder. “As it’s been said, the opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. Love gets angry when the good of it’s beloved is threatened.” Perfect Love Requires Perfect Hate. “My last resistance to the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, babies, children, church, husbands, love, marriage, missions, relationships, wives, wrath
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God is Happy Without You
Take 10 seconds and think about how you would answer this question if a middle schooler asked you, “Is God happy without me?” Although there are a plethora of bumper stickers that would answer with an emphatic, “Absolutely not! God … Continue reading
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Tagged god, gospel, happiness, hope, jesus, joy, love, trinity
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Love the Sin & Hate the Sinner?
Don Carson: One evangelical cliché has it that God hates the sin but loves the sinner. There is a small element of truth in these words: God has nothing but hate for the sin, but this cannot be said with … Continue reading
I Will Help You
Charles Haddon Spurgeon: “Let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: ‘I will help you. It is but a small thing for me, your God, to help you. Consider what I have done already. What! not … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, encouragement, god, help, holy spirit, jesus, kindness, love, mercy
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Eternity in Common
Jesus has saved us into a family called the Church. As a new Christian, one does not only gain a new Father, a new Savior, and a new Spirit who dwells within them, but they have gained new brothers and … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, church, family, fellowship, gospel, jc ryle, love, unity, worship
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