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Life Illustrations
God's Glory Shown
God's great design in all His works is the manifestation of His own glory.
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God's Perfect Love
We were created to be members of God’s family and recipients of His perfect love. Through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus, He demonstrated just how much He loves us.
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Praying the Right Prayer
"You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures."
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Preaching the Cross
For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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Standing Against the World
An example of the antichrist movement is the campaign to remove Christian symbols from public places. Advocates use buzzwords like “religious freedom” to mean freedom from religion.
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Where Is God?
Come near to God and he will come near to you.
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"Diss-ing" Discipleship - A Contemporary "Weigh In" On An Ancient Value
Publish Date: 07/25/2007
First, knowing that so many ministry types serve Jesus' "I will build My Church" goals, I don't want to seem unduly critical of any in addressing a concern. So, hey-if you're a dedicated servant-leader, I'm on your side! But that aside, I want to bluntly assert the fact of a lessened "weight" being given today to Jesus' strategy for advancing His Church. He said, "Go-make disciples!" And this foundational call is increasingly being "dissed."
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Fasting... The Feast That Frees
Publish Date: 06/02/2007
We often join our hearts in prayerful fasting as a congregation. There are very real, rich, and profitable reasons for doing so; so vital that fasting becomes a kind of feast--a celebration in spiritual dynamic. Let me share with you concerning this meaningful practice.
Fasting is scriptural: The Word of God makes it clear that fasting is an instrument of spiritual power: a key by which bonds of evil are broken and by which God's counsels are received and established in the affairs of man (Isaiah 58:6-8; Mark 9:29; Acts 13:2, 3).
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A Slice of Infinity
"The Magnificent Defeat"
Publish Date: 07/17/2008
The disciples of Jesus had been through more in two weeks than most can
say of a lifetime. They were undoubtedly exhausted and confused, still
processing all that had taken place. Recounting words, reliving
experiences--everything they ...
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Why Can't I Just Be a Good Person?
Publish Date: 07/16/2008
"People are basically good," writes one poet. "It is only their behavior that lets them down."
It is remarkable to think there are many today who believe they are
good enough to get into heaven. Perhaps there is so much bad news ...
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The Cross of the Moment
Publish Date: 07/15/2008
The Bret Easton Ellis novel Less Than Zero offers an unsettling
depiction of the moral and spiritual poverty behind the contemporary
façade of wealth, success, and fame. The author describes the vacuous
life of sex, drugs, and ...
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Being Set in a Broad Place
Publish Date: 07/14/2008
The national news has not been very uplifting lately. I am not sure if
it has ever been uplifting, come to think of it, but certainly recent
events in the housing industry, the credit industry, the rising prices
of gasoline and food, the ...
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Like Trees Walking
Publish Date: 07/13/2008
"Give us a sign," demanded the Pharisees. "Give us a miraculous sign from heaven to prove yourself."
Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit. "Why does this generation ask for a
sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this ...
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When Theology Becomes Doxology
Publish Date: 07/10/2008
More than six hundred years ago, a young Italian laywoman sent into a
dark world a quiet but reverberating voice. Catherine of Siena lived
within a century marked by insecurity and fear, war and economic
distress, terrorizing disease, and ...
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