by Pastor Curt on October 23, 2011
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community, followership, gospel, humility, leadership, submission
Today’s message from 1 Peter 4:19-5:7 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. John Calvin said this of the proverbial expression, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble: We are to imagine that; God has two hands; the one, which like a hammer beats down and breaks [...]
by Pastor Curt on May 8, 2011
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grace, Mother's Day, patience, promises, providence, submission
Today’s message from Genesis 16 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Charles Spurgeon made this comment about the grace of God that pursued Hagar through the angel of the Lord: I think I see her there, her eyes red with weeping, her spirit broken down with the hunger of [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 7, 2010
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contentment, mystery, submission
Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1647), commenting on Phil. 4:11 – I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content – wrote this about contentment: Contentment in every condition is a great art, a spiritual mystery. It is to be learned and to be learned as a mystery. And so in verse 12, [Paul] affirms, “I [...]
by Pastor Curt on August 30, 2010
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death of Christ, faith, false teachers, love of Christ, obedience, submission, the good shepherd
The last in the series of messages from the Good Shepherd discourse in John 10:11-18 is now on the web. You can listen to the message here. I summarized the sermon this way: How then should we respond to such sovereign goodness that lays down its life for the sheep in a loving, substitutionary, particular, [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 8, 2009
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apostasy, assurance, church membership, Hebrews, submission
Recently I finished another edition of Discover OGC, our newcomer orientation series. Over the next few weeks our officers are interviewing various candidates for membership at our local church. Perhaps you have yet to make this decision. I commend these brief thoughts from Hebrews to your consideration as ample argument for moving ahead with membership. [...]
