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05 Mar, 2010

March 4th, 2010: The Best Day of My Life

“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Cor. 11:30
To all my readers, friends, and family,
How amazing it is—the way the grace of God works. He does not work or bring great testimony out of our strengths, for he gets no glory out of that. The flesh and [...]

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27 Feb, 2010

From Survival to Success

Church of the Past
As society continues to break down and the Church around us continues to slowly disassemble itself the thought comes to mind of the meaning of Success in our Postmodern Society. It seems as though Success has become the underlying motivation—or lure—for nearly everything we do. Our decisions that we make in life [...]

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28 Dec, 2009

Global-lukewarming

Lukewarmness is that curdled milk left out on the table all day. I’ll take ice cold milk, or a hot-milk-chocolate drink anytime but you can keep the lukewarm milk. Yuck.
I often wonder about where lukewarmness in the Church comes from or how it becomes so. It may as well be for a multitude of reasons, [...]

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03 Aug, 2009

A Church Planted by Jesus

By definition, for all practical intents and purposes, a church is an assembly of saints. Paul writes, “Greet also the church in thier house.” (Romans 16:5)
We know that Jesus taught and led followers. But did he ever plant a church during his time on earth?
In Luke 22 and Matthew 26 we read an account where [...]

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01 Jul, 2008

Church Reproof #1

1. Let the Spirit Lead
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8

It is more true than ever that many are turned off and disheartened by the [...]

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23 Feb, 2007

“Thus death works in us, but life in you”

David Brainerd
David Brainard attended Yale University which in those days trained men for church ministry. Disaster struck. Through an unwise remark about a lecturer, he was expelled. Only 23 years old, his career seemed in ruins. But his attitude was exemplary: “I felt thankfulness to God for they have been the means of making me [...]

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01 Feb, 2007

J.C. Ryle on Prayer

This excerpt comes from J.C. Ryle’s book “Thoughts for Young Men”….

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19 Nov, 2006

Biblical Perspective on Missions #2

Continuing in the study of missions….
“For his invisible attributes…have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” Romans 1:20
“Yet he did not leave himself without a witness, for he did good…” Acts 14:17
“And he made from one man every [...]

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26 Jul, 2006

Biblical Perspective on Missions #1

Question: What is missions?
Answer: Christ spread. (2 Corinthians 2:14)
That means everyone who has Christ is involved.
The purpose of missions therefore, is for the glory of God in Christ, not for the sake of the peoples of the earth.
Finding the right biblical perspectives on missions might not be as easy as it sounds for the Word [...]

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05 Dec, 2005

A Tribute

“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.”
Leviticus 19:32
I wish to give tribute for my grandmother and another good friend who have passed away in the last couple weeks. I don’t think we acknowledge or honor our [...]

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