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18 Aug, 2009

Building on a Solid Rock

You have not had to approach things which your senses could experience as they did in the old days – flaming fire, black darkness, rushing wind and out of it a trumpet-blast, a voice speaking human words. So terrible was that voice that those who heard it begged and prayed that it might stop [...]

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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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16 Dec, 2007

Let the Spirit Lead

Why are so many Christians fed up with systematized and politicized church? What about the fact that it is cut and dry, professionalized, sanctioned to specific times, places, and means, and full of deadlines, obligations, and standards? Am I speaking of a pagan religion?
But none of that really matters, because it is man himself that [...]

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25 Jul, 2007

Itching Ears and Church Attendance

Most of the world is infatuated with religion and seeking the spiritual. The West is a place where people are semi-infatuated with church. Forty percent of the population of America attend a church of some kind. That doesn’t even include home churches not officially recognized.
The map below represents “church” attendance percentages. Church as accounted for [...]

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06 Jun, 2007

The Problem of Evil in the World

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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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16 Apr, 2007

Enemies of God – Our Crucifixion

It’s a matter of seeing yourself and how wicked you are when you come to God. The modern Gospel says only that you are merely separated from God because of sin. But is it not much more than that? You are not merely separated from God because of sin, rather you are against God. An [...]

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17 Feb, 2007

A Tithe and a Prayer…

Deut 26:12-15
In this short statute given by God there is to be found a grand truth about giving and receiving.
It serves to show what pleases God, and how we can please him by obeying. We are not bound by the command, but we uphold it (Rom 3:31, Mat. 5:18-19).
“…giving to the Levite, the sojourner, the [...]

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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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