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When God’s Word Won’t Help You
The Apostle James once wrote: “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 Matthew Henry comments: Hearing is in order to doing; the most attentive and the most frequent hearing of the word of … Continue reading
Two Questions Every Christian Will Be Able to Answer
Desiring to become a member of a local church is not an unimportant decision; even more, it should not be a decision that is accepted casually by the church. Therefore, many churches have a process of sorts to bring people … Continue reading
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Tagged an martin, calvinism, holiness, holy spirit, obedience, salvation, Sanctification
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The Saturday Post(s)
5 Reasons Why the Virgin Birth of Jesus is Important. “John Frame writes that the virgin birth of Jesus is doctrinally important because of…” Don’t Badmouth Obama. “God takes his word very seriously. If we dishonor the President there may … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, authority, church, church membership, coptic, discipline, friendship, idolatry, missions, music, obedience, virgine birth, worship
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What “Following Jesus” Means
A few years ago I was having coffee with a student and he asked a thoughtful question: “I think I know, but I have a hard time explaining it: what does it mean to follow Jesus?” I know what he … Continue reading
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Tagged cross, discipleship, evangelism, gospel, jesus, love, obedience, youth, youth ministry
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How to Make Biblical Application Very Real
There is a helpful Bible reading practice I have stumbled upon that I thought I’d share with the cyber-nets. It is very simple and goes like this: Exchange the “one another” commands of the New Testament with specific people in your … Continue reading
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Tagged church, church membership, communion, love, obedience, pastoral ministry
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A Throne & a Cross
In a day where there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding of what following Jesus actually entails, I found this simple point and illustration to be profoundly helpful. J.D. Greear writes: Jesus said following Him meant “denying ourselves” and “taking … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, cross, discipleship, jd greear, obedience, repentance, throne
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The Commendation Christ Gives
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ Matthew 25:21 Notice what Jesus will not commend His … Continue reading
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Tagged christian life, christian living, discipleship, faithfulness, obedience
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A Spiritual Arteriogram (How to Find Your Idols)
As I wrote yesterday and the day before, we just finished camp and my mind is still marinating with thoughts about idolatry (the teaching theme of our camp). In speaking about idolatry it is too easy to think about the idols … Continue reading
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Tagged ghost ship, idolatry, kyle idleman, meditation, obedience, worship
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Disobedience is Obedience
As I have recently said, I just finished another summer camp for our middle school ministry. The camp’s teaching was centered on the theme of the True God and idols. The camp was called, One God: The True God Among … Continue reading
The Saturday Post(s)
Start Preparing to Defend Marriage Within the Church. “Now that people like Matthew Vines are setting out to persuade Christians that God does not oppose same-sex marriage, it’s more important than ever that we think about how marriage fits into the … Continue reading
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Tagged father, fatherhood, gay, gay wedding, homosexuality, love, obedience, transgender
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