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Continue reading →: How Not to Leave a Church
Recently I was reading from Galatians chapter two about Paul’s confronting Peter (Cephas) about his hypocrisy. I thought of the reason I was given for a group that split away from our church back in 2007 to begin their own church. I met with a brother to discuss this and…
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Continue reading →: Image of the Beast?
Each political campaign as me thinking about “images”. Politicians hire “image consultants” and “social media influencers to help them gain followers. “Image consultants” are nothing new but today with special effects and AI deepfakes I’ve been thinking about the “image of the beast” and how the Apostle John in Revelation…
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Continue reading →: A Worthy Goal for both the Pastor and Parent
“My children, with whom I am again in labor (or birth pains) until Christ is formed in you” Galatians 4:19 It is so easy for the pastor or the parent to become distracted from the biblical and eternal goal of forming Christ in the hearts of those they are responsible…
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Continue reading →: Resolutions for the New Year
A preacher stood up on Easter Day and announced: “Let me take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And I look forward to seeing you all again next Easter!” The Italians, have a custom. As midnight on New Year’s Eve approaches, the…
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Continue reading →: The Original Meaning of Christmas
The original intent of the Christmas holiday was to celebrate that God came to earth as a baby that grew up as the man, Jesus Christ, and died on the Cross for sinners like me and you. Theologians identify this teaching with the word incarnation. The Incarnation is one of…
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Continue reading →: Fantastic Fellowship
The Christian’s fellowship is centered around a personal relationship with God the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. If you have trusted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and if I have trusted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, we have fellowship. • If you have repented of your…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Lose Heart
2 Corinthians 4:16-17 says: Though I am in this world, and find my existence in it, I would go crazy if I focused all my thoughts and affections on it, or attempted to obtain any lasting pleasure or peace from it. There would be a constant discouragement. Our outer man…
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Continue reading →: Let Him Who Boasts, Boast In The Lord
This morning’s Bible reading was in 1 Corinthians chapters 1-4. In chapter one I observed and was reminded of the sovereign calling of the sinner to salvation to God’s doing for His own glory. You can’t miss it unless you don’t want to see and believe the Bible’s teaching here.…
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Continue reading →: Devoting Yourself Completely to the Scriptures
This morning’s Bible reading took me to Acts chapters 18 and 19. This book is full of ACTion; the action of the Holy Spirit who filled men and women to herald the Gospel (Good News) message about Jesus’ death and resurrection, and the action of calling people to turn from…

