Rest for Today’s Struggles
In yesterday’s sermon we saw how the book of Hebrews highlights two types of rest: Rest from dead works now Rest from hard pilgrim labors later But what about before…
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Prayer through Isaiah 66
Almighty God, we are so tempted to view some place where we meet or some act of sacrifice we complete as guarantees that you will draw near and that we
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There is Therefore Now No Condemnation for Those who are in Christ Jesus!
This is the good news we read in Romans 8:1. If you are in Christ, you will not be indicted for your sin; it was condemned and punished in the
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A Tale of Two Other Men
In yesterday’s sermon we considered the contrast of two men in Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector from Luke 18. We saw that the good guy exalted
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About Time
Our lives are incredibly brief. Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” I’ve known some who take a life expectancy
Why Must One Be “Born Again” To Perceive Spiritual Truth?
“…We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of
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Are We Living In The Last Days?
Yes…but maybe not in the way you think. At least since the 1970’s, American Evangelicalism has been fascinated with the thought of tracing world events and predicting Christ’s return. Ok,
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Prayer from Exodus 15:1-18
Lord, I praise you not only for how you destroyed Israel’s enemies at the Red Sea, but for how you disarmed and put to open shame the enemies of my
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C.S. Lewis on the Cost of Our Discipleship
“The ordinary idea which we all have before we become Christians is this. We take as a starting point our ordinary self with its various desires and interests. We then
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How Do We Interpret Obscure Bible Passages?
Yesterday’s sermon tackled 1 Corinthians 15:29, which mentions baptism “on behalf of the dead” (!!!???). Four chapters earlier in 11:10, we dealt with the surprising argument “because of the angels”.
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