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Christian social media is one of the largely undiagnosed cancers in the Church body: Christians are so immersed in Biblical "podcasts", "blogs", and "videos sermons" that their joy in Christ has been lost to an unending stream of "content". I fear that many Christians today genuinely don’t know what it means to be truly enraptured …
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The Quiet Pursuit of God Series This series focuses on calling Christians to seek God in the quiet place! Jesus instructed his disciples to seek God in the quiet places: Matthew 6:3–6 (CSB) — But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 …
This is a useful resource list that compiles 11-pages of evidences for Christianity that include video lectures, peer-reviewed articles, and books. Evidences for Christianity These resources are meant to help you engage truth-seekers and skeptics in order to disarm Satan's lies so that each person will stand free before Christ and give their answer about …
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Close exegetical study of this passage will help us understand the principles that God has given to inform and guide the Church's love and compassion. 1 Timothy 5:3–16 (CSB) — 3 Support widows who are genuinely in need. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their …
My co-minister and I have been developing our 2020 teaching outline for the book of Romans. We began by comparing existing outlines from the Expositor's Bible Commentary, College Press Commentary, Randall House Commentary, IPV Commentary, and the Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Romans. Then we read through each section together and took note of the key points …
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1 Timothy 2:1 (CSB) — 1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone... My first thought is that I know that Kanye West has been in the prayers of many Christians for a long time. They have interceded on his behalf for his salvation and prayed …
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An encouragement to my Christian brothers and sisters as Halloween evening draws near: 1 Peter 5:8 (CSB) — 8 Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. Hebrews 12:14 (CSB) — 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will …
One of the most intimidating criticisms of skeptics is that the Biblical God of the Judeo-Christian faith is a genocidal maniac. To help us address this issue I want to provide Michael J. Kruger’s full thoughts on this subject and then offer a few conclusions of my own to help Christians engage this issue in …
As Jesus was preparing to ascend into heaven to sit at the right hand of God, he instructed his disciples to “be alert and pray” (Lk. 21:36) so that they would have the strength to endure the end times into which the world had now entered. God gave us many details about the events that …
My wife and I have been talking about our financial goals and what it means to be faithful with money, and as we have been reflecting on this topic the Spirit of the Lord continues to bring this word to my mind: James 4:13–17 (CSB) — 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow …
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