by Greg Willson on May 14, 2012
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art, imagine, john lennon, Music, peace, revelation, utopia
Similarities and differences in John Lennon’s Imagine and John the Apostle’s Revelation.
by Pastor Curt on April 29, 2012
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grief, Joy, love, preciousness of Christ, rebuke
Today’s message from John 14:25-31 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Jesus rebukes His own for their failure to enter into His joy of heading back to the Father in glory. They are far to self-absorbed with their own grief to see the bigger picture. He loves them even [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 10, 2012
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Bible, faith, obedience, works
One could rightly summarize the Epistle of James in two words: “Faith works.” James argues for a kind of Christianity that acts on what it knows in terms of right speech and behavior. An important transition occurs in vv. 19-27 of the first chapter. It revolves around the word of God. Just as God uses [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 8, 2012
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deity of Christ, Easter, gospel, judgment, justification, resurrection
Today’s Easter message from 1 Cor. 15:12-20 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here is how I summarized the argument in this portion of the epistle: But here’s the good news. Paul has trafficked in the hypothetical for the purposes of his logical argument in these last eight verses. [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 1, 2012
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deity of Christ, faith, indwelling, obedience, Trinity
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here is how I tied together the entire passage in our last look at this section of the farewell discourse: Genuine faith that knows the Father and the Son who is in the Father demonstrates itself through obedience [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 25, 2012
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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 [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 19, 2012
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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 [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 18, 2012
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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 [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 11, 2012
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care, commandments, equipping, help, Holy Spirit, love, obedience, saving faith
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I attempted to capture the gist of the section: Now in campaigning for their correct understanding of saving faith as issuing in devoted obedience and no easy-believism, I mentioned in part three that Jesus further shows [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 26, 2012
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abolition, belief, faith, Freedom, gospel, human trafficking, love for Jesus, obedience, perseverance, slavery, William Wilberforce
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I brought the message home: If you believe you do possess this priceless gift, then understand that the acid test of ownership comes with “owning” His commandments and keeping/obeying His words. Jesus put it this way [...]