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preaching, worship
With another Lord’s Day on the horizon, I offer this quote by J. C. Ryle passed on to me by one of our deacons as a way for all of us to prepare for our encounter with God through the preaching of His word.
Let us beware of despising preaching. In every age of the Church, [...]
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Advent, Bible Study, Joy, pastoring
I know what some of you are thinking. Camping and joy don’t belong in the same sentence. I’ve had some of those experiences. I feel your pain.
My post comes from Tampa this evening. Camp Logos brought me here. That’s what Libronix calls it. Two days of intensive seminar training on the lastest version of their Bible study software, [...]
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equipping, worship
There are two things coming up in the near future that I want to highlight in this post.
The first concerns Good Friday, April 2. Orlando Grace will participate with Faith Baptist Church, 500 N. Bumby, in Orlando, in a joint Good Friday worship observance from noon to 1:00 PM. Pastor Jack of Faith will preach. [...]
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prayer, spiritual reformation
Here is the study guide for this week’s 9:30 equipping hour class in prayer in case you missed it.
Chapter Nine – A Sovereign and Personal God
What challenges does Carson bring early on in this chapter to the popular notion prayer changes things?
What two truths does Carson work from at the outset on p. 148 on [...]
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assurance of salvation, faith, sin
This morning I concluded my message in John 8:31-38 with six practical applications by which we can measure our assurance of salvation in terms of the third evidence of a genuine faith – liberation from one’s sin. You can listen to the entire message here.
I blew through these applications fairly quickly. I offer them here [...]
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creation, death, repentance, suffering
What are we to make of the tragedy at a local theme park this week?
A seasoned trainer of killer whales got dragged under water by her ponytale by a male Orca known for a history of living up to its name.
The debate in the news remains alarmingly this-worldly in terms of animal rights, conservation, ad nauseum.
As [...]
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outreach
Our mission as a church stands on record as this: engaging peoples everywhere to pursue ultimate satisfaction in Jesus.
One important way we seek to do that is by building bridges into the community through works of service and acts of mercy.
After all, Jesus commanded us to do this very kind of thing in Matthew 5:16. [...]
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prayer, spiritual reformation
Here is the study guide for chapter 8 for this Sunday’s 9:30 equipping hour!
Whom have you known personally who you would describe as distinguished by a particularly gifted ministry of prayer? What made it so?
What is one of the most important steps we can take according to Carson in terms of our own prayer experience?
Why [...]
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perseverance, sanctification, study resources, truth
This morning I introduced part one of what will end up as three sermons with the same title from John 8:31-38: How To Be Certain Your Faith Is Not Fatally Flawed.
Jesus prescribes three tests for testing faith’s genuineness in vv. 31-32:
Continuation in His word – If you abide in my word, you are truly my [...]
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praise, providence, revelation, worship
Images like this make me deliriously glad I live in the tropics. At least in February.
Still we have endured our share of cold this winter in Florida. Several times lately I’ve asked various people with tongue in cheek, “When will the Lord turn the heater back on around here?”
The statement belies correct theology as evidenced [...]
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