by Greg Willson on May 21, 2012
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art, imagine, john lennon, peace, utopia
Similarities and differences in John Lennon’s Imagine and John the Apostle’s Revelation.
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 March 14, 2012
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Freedom, grace, salvation, sanctification, sin
One of the great liberating texts of Scripture in my life comes from 1 Corinthians 15:10. By the grace of God I am what I am. In spite of Paul’s horrific resume as a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent (1 Tim. 1:13), he counted himself among those who witnessed the resurrected Christ first-hand and became [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 21, 2011
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death, family, grief, marriage, obedience, providence, sovereignty
By tale I don’t mean fiction. Each family referenced in this post once existed or does now actually exist. These tales relate fact, some of it hard-to-swallow, down right mind blowing truth. Household #1 – Ezekiel the prophet’s. Every year as I read through the entirety of the Bible I always come up short when [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 14, 2011
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doctrines of grace, eternal security, Hebrews, perseverance, spiritual birth
Last October Nancy and I visited a church we’ve never attended before near our mountain retreat during our annual fall vacation. The pastor preached a message from the book of Hebrews. He concluded from the numerous warning passages in places like Heb. 2:1-3 that believers in Christ can lose their salvation. Controversy notwithstanding and readily [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 5, 2011
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1689 confession of faith, love for God, reformed theology, study
In a matter of minutes after completing this post I will facilitate my final tutorial session in our confession of faith. For a couple of years now, every other week, I have met with a devoted group of hardcore learners who have climbed mountain peak after mountain peak of sound doctrine as outlined in the [...]
by Greg Willson on August 29, 2011
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Reading is such a necessary discipline for someone who works in the church. I say discipline because not everything that is good comes easy. In fact, there are many books I wouldn’t classify as enjoyable, but have been extremely profitable. It takes time to develop this. It is necessary for many reasons, and my soul [...]
by Greg Willson on August 11, 2011
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despair, fall, hope, sin
Living with the Fall.
by Greg Willson on July 29, 2011
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christian living, culture, love your neighbor, south
gazing into the South’s view of Christianity
by Kelly Simpson on June 9, 2011
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rest, Rhythm of Life, work
I had an epiphany this morning. I woke up later than I’d planned, exhausted from a night of ministry and fellowship. I woke up defeated already, thinking of all the things that I should have already started – laundry could be in the washer, dinner could be in the crock pot. I could have replied [...]