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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 [...]
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apologetics, deception, Easter, evidence, faith, resurrection
Tomorrow is Easter. I will preach on the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead for the umpteenth time. I am getting up there in years and I have been a follower of Jesus of Nazareth since 1972 and a minister of the gospel most of the years since then. My text for tomorrow’s message entitled Life’s [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
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authority, character, deity of Christ, faith, farewell discourse, love, mediator, mission, prayer, the name of Jesus
Today’s message from John 14:8-14 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Our apologies for the lesser quality of the audio. We had to resort to a back up recording source due to a glitch with our primary one. Thank you. Here’s how I summarized the sermon: So what have [...]
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deity of Christ, evidence, faith, love of Christ, signs, Upper Room Discourse, works
Sunday’s message in John 14:8-14 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summarized the gist of the sermon: 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. There is nothing He [...]
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deity of Christ, failure, faith, glory, grief, guilt, love, prophecy
Sunday’s message from John 13:31-38 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summarized things: Because of Jesus’ great care in preparing His own for His departure, we should believe in Him as the Messiah, God’s Son – His pointing to glory both of the Father and the [...]
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faith, gospel, grace, Protestant Reformation, Reformation Day
Well, it’s certainly not because I don’t believe that the series matters. I continue to pray that God will use our fall emphasis on loving community motivated by the impetus of God’s love in the gospel (1 John 4:7-12) to shape us into a people fiercely devoted to one another. I hope you do too! [...]
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