Category Archives: Word of God

09 Nov, 2009

The Foundation of Church

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. [...]

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14 Aug, 2007

Taking the City

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.
Proverbs 11:11
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. Proverbs 11: 10
There have always been cities. Big, condensed, pliable containers of culture, pride, [...]

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14 Jul, 2007

Comfort with the Comfort

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 [...]

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13 Jul, 2007

Appearance is Everything

According to Wired Magazine, 80% of working men believe that personal appearance influences success.
According to God,
“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” (1 [...]

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25 Jun, 2007

Health of American Pastorate: Bad

I often keep tabs on the blog over at TheResurgence. A quick overview was recently posted on the health of Pastors mainly in America. I should like to pass it on as it shows just how severe the problems in the American Church are:
How Healthy are Pastors in America?
Mark Driscoll from “TheResurgence”
2. How healthy are [...]

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20 Jun, 2007

Contraception Culture

Jeremiah 29:5-7
“Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you [...]

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06 Jun, 2007

The Problem of Evil in the World

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03 Jun, 2007

Cultural Isolation and the Church

America was never a cultural ‘melting pot’–that has been established. What is interesting is the the lack of mixing among Christians. It’s actually harder to be a congregation of diverse cultures than it is to be a congregation of just one culture.
It doesn’t mean that the different cultures are unable to get along. But then [...]

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09 May, 2007

Patriotism

The following is a devotion by H.A. Ironside:
“Greater love hath no man that this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
“When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son” (Romans 5:10).
When nations are engaged in deadly strife, it is common for patriots to declare [...]

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18 Apr, 2007

Superiority and Pride

“You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.” (Exodus 33:5)
Because of pride, one is unable to see their sinfulness. Pride completely blinds us to our sin.
Pride is so [...]

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