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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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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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The Moral Evidence of God
Let’s assume for a moment that God doesn’t exist, but we do. If God doesn’t exist, then the only explanation for the existence of life is evolution. And if evolution is how we came to be, then we are logically … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, New Testament
Tagged accountability, agnostic, agnosticism, apologetics, atheism, atheist, ethics, evangelism, evidence of God, faith, false teaching, good and evil, Gospel, grace, hope, Jesus, judgment, justice, love, meaning of life, mercy, moral code, morality, obedience, philosopher, philosophy, proof of God, religion, right and wrong, sin, standards, truth
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What is Real Obedience?
1 Samuel 15:22, 23 “Samuel said, ‘Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged agreement, baptism, delay, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, fear, Gospel, grace, hearing, Jesus, judgment, lip service, obedience, partial obedience, pattern, religion, salvation, sin, truth, wisdom, worship
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The Meaning of the Name We Bear
What does it mean to be a Christian? It may sound like an odd question in a religious blog, but I believe it is a question worth asking. Why? Because it gets misused a whole lot in our everyday language, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, hope, judgment, love, meaning of life, mercy, Messiah, obedience, pattern, religion, repentance, sacrifice, salvation, sin, wisdom
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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 4, His Authority on Earth
We’ve been exploring various aspects of what the Bible says about Jesus Christ 1) as the second Person in the Godhead, 2) His incarnation and resulting two natures as God and man, and 3) the witnesses of His God-ness, His … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged authority, Christ, death, demons, evil spirits, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, forgiveness, grace, grace resurrection, healing, heaven, hope, Jesus, judgment, mercy, Messiah, miracles, obedience, persecution, pride, prophecy, resuscitation, revival, sacrifice, sin, suffering, teachings, theology, truth, wisdom
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Who’s Right?
Ezekiel 33:17-20 “Yet your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, Old Testament
Tagged baptism, Christ, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, forgiveness, generosity, God's judgment, God's ways, good and bad, grace, obedience, pattern, religion, right, right and wrong, salvation, sin, theology, wisdom, worship, wrong
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Waive the Hearing?
A southern fellow was brought before a judge on the charge of beating his wife. “Sam,” the judge started, “you are accused of beating your wife; do you have anything to say?” Sam replied, “Well, I guess I plead guilty, … Continue reading →