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men, Oxford Club, William Wilberforce
Saturday morning brings a new season in our journey as men in the Oxford Club as we begin to tackle William Wilberforce’s only book A Practical View of Christianity. Here is a brief video to whet the appetite.
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discouragement, gospel, idolatry, justification, ministry, New Building, pastoral ministry, prayer
Truth is I need multiple cures for this disease. Most if not all pastors struggle with it. It evidences itself in a tendency to validate one’s existence by perceived success in the gospel work. It shows up a lot on Sunday mornings. We can measure it by how we feel about attendance at our services. [...]
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Books, gospel, Matt Chandler, Resurgence
Always on the lookout for resources and opportunities to war against the dreadful disease that is gospel amnesia, I gladly commend to our people this event billed as making the gospel clear for both the non-believer and the Christian. On Saturday evening, April 21, at Crosspointe Church Orlando, Matt Chandler, Lead Pastor at the Village [...]
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1 Corinthians, church, God, holiness, love, unity, vision
Pastor Mark Dever has a message from 1 Corinthians up on the audio portion of the 9Marks site. I listened to it last week. He entitled it A Biblical Vision for the Church. Essentially he argues that the church exists for God and that the thing that should constrain us more than anything else in [...]
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belief, comfort, deity of Christ, doubt, equipping, faith, resurrection
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summarized the point of the text: Jesus’ loving care in thoroughly preparing His own for their mission points yet again to His identity as Messiah that we might believe in Him. Indeed there is nothing [...]
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blessing, boldness, fatherhood of God, gospel, prayer
A neighborhood book club simpatico insisted that I just had to read Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth. Set in medieval times it tells the long tale (just short of a thousand pages) of the building of a cathedral and all that entailed. I haven’t finished the book yet, but I have found it an interesting [...]
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Events, facility, timetable, transition, wedding
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that Romans 8:28 is still in the Bible. God works all things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. The bad news is that the opening of our facility is still four weeks away. I have [...]
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A Practical View of Christianity, church history, culture, Oxford Club, social issues, William Wilberforce
I managed recently to secure fourteen copies of the Hendriksen Classics version of our new read for the Oxford Club for Men. I am talking about William Wilberforce’s classic, A Practical View of Christianity. Copies will be available this Sunday at the SDA resource table for a donation of $10 or whatever you can afford. While [...]
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corporate worship, filling of the Spirit, helper, Holy Spirit, indwelling, relationship, security, Trinity
Yesterday I attempted to apply the teaching from John 14:16-17 about the role of the Holy Spirit with three “so whats.” I want to review them quickly here in this post. First, find rest in the Spirit’s foreverness. The Son asks the Father to give us the Spirit and promises a forever relationship. We never [...]
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anointing, belief, faith, filling of the Spirit, help, helper, Holy Spirit, indwelling, rest, truth
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. I summarized the flow of the argument this way: We could spend multiple messages unpacking the doctrine of the Spirit, but I will resist that temptation for we will encounter His ministry nuymerous times to come in this [...]
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