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“Watch Over Your Heart”
As Christians we often find ourselves like Paul in Romans 7—wanting to do right and finding it sometimes difficult to do. We struggle and struggle, but it often feels like “3 steps forward, 2 steps back”. Despite our earnest desire … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged attitudes, deeds, faithfulness, fear, heart, internal thoughts, obedience, pride, purpose, religion, sin, thoughts, wisdom
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Giving Glory to God
Glorifying God is not something that ends at the conclusion of a worship assembly. Giving glory to God for a Christians is a 7 day a week, 24 hour a day endeavor. But how do we do this? Some believe … Continue reading
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Tagged answers, attitudes, Christ, church, courage, discipleship, dress, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, fear, glory, Gospel, grace, hope, Jesus, leadership, possessions, religion, speech, truth
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Does It Matter What Church I Go To?
Our world is very confused about religion these days. It’s easy to understand why: it’s become “all about me” and what I want. Ask someone about why they go here or there for church and you’ll get different answers. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged baptism, Christ, church, faith, faithfulness, Gospel, love, obedience, religion, theology, worship
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What’s the Best Thing for Me?
Deuteronomy 4:5-8 ““See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. “So keep and do them, for that … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, courage, faith, faithfulness, fear, Gospel, grace, heaven, hope, Jesus, love, meaning of life, obedience, promises, salvation, sin, wisdom
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About Negative Teaching
“Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, ‘Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged Admonition, Bible, Christ, church, correction, courage, faithfulness, false teaching, God's word, judgment, leadership, negative, obedience, positive, preachers, rebuke, religion, sin, teachers, truth, truth in love
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Certain About His Calling and Choosing You—Brotherly Kindness
2 Peter 1:7 “and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.” There are a number of commands in the Bible about loving others. We must love our enemies, our neighbors, our husband or wife, our children … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged church, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, forgiveness, grace, Jesus, judgment, leadership, love, mercy, obedience, prayer, religion, repentance, sacrifice, salvation, truth, wisdom, worship
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Certain About His Calling and Choosing You—Moral Excellence
For the last couple of posts we’ve been talking about our calling to salvation from the Lord. Certainly, God’s calling to eternal life is generous and inclusive of everyone, but as Jesus put it, (Matthew 22:14) “…many are called, but few … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged commitment, courage, dedication, discipleship, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, forgiveness, grace, Jesus, justice, love, meaning of life, mercy, morals, obedience, persecution, promises, prophecy, religion, repentance, sacrifice, wisdom
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Certain About His Calling and Choosing You—Diligence
2 Peter 1:10 “Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;” In my last post about our calling I talked about … Continue reading
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Tagged calling, Christ, courage, diligence, discipleship, effort, faith, faithfulness, focus, leadership, love, purpose, religion, work
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It Works Both Ways
The newly appointed manager of a chain of hotels was on his first inspection trip. In the kitchen of one of the hotels observed a particularly unhappy looking dishwasher. “Cheer up, my good man,” the new manager said, giving the … Continue reading →