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doxologies: lucky 13
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Last week, we concluded out PROTOTYPE series on The Lord's Prayer. Jesus wraps up His model prayer with the petition:. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil". Matthew 6:13]. Temptation is the enemy's evil agenda to undermine the spiritual work God wants to accomplish in the Christian's life. Coincidentally, this verse is one of four New Testament "lucky 13" verses that help us understand the danger of temptation:. Lead us not into temptation,". No temptation has...
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doxologies: election results
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Monday, October 3, 2011. Yesterday, I preached on the conviction. Calling and conversion of the Holy Spirit [ 3rd Person. Sermon series]. The moment I highlighted Romans 8:30 -. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified". I could feel the emotion in the room grow tense. It was like someone had pulled the drawstring of a bag very tight. SIN RENDERS US HELPLESS. But, fewer understand the. Of sin. Sin makes us reject God, not seek Him [ Romans 3:10-12. So, sin isn't just a...
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doxologies: election reason
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Saturday, October 15, 2011. In my last post, I broached the potentially dangerous topic of divine election. Because human beings are spiritually helpless, we need God's assistance in loving God. Only if God intervenes in human hardness will anyone come to faith. This raises an emotional question: "Why? Few people ask the question "Why does God choose people? Though we should. More often, we want to know why God. Choose others. Don't the Scriptures say that God so loved the. And that God doesn't want.
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doxologies: good to go?
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Saturday, November 12, 2011. This week, I've had three conversations with/about people who have changed churches- either leaving their church to come to PBC or leaving PBC to go elsewhere. In a consumer culture, it's not surprising that any of us would so easily jettison one experience for another. But, in. Culture- the Christian should think otherwise. Several years ago, I was asked to write an article about Christians switching churches. I came to three biblical conclusions:. Most people change churche...
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doxologies: poverty and generosity
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Friday, April 1, 2011. After preaching on principles of generous living last Sunday, I received an email from a friend encouraging me to remember those who have been stretched thin by the economy. That is, as we talk about greater giving, remember those who have been hit hard by the recession. Some have lost their jobs. Some people have urged me not to make poor people feel guilty for not being able to give. The problem for many [guilty here, too! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Making God famous by ...
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doxologies: lessons from ground zero
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Saturday, September 10, 2011. Lessons from ground zero. In the 10 years since the Twin Towers fell, the American landscape has changed. Families no longer greet daddy at the gate as he steps off the plane from a business trip. Backpacks and purses are checked at ballparks. And, the nightly news usually reports on at least one international incident related to our military presence in terrorist hotspots. But, it’s the spiritual shift- the internal. Change to our personal. WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE. Not Saddam...
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doxologies: camping out
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Friday, May 20, 2011. The world will end tomorrow. That's what a small band of religious people are expecting. Sometime between 7 and 9 pm They have more than 500 billboards around the country warning of the impending judgement. Many have left their jobs and homes to travel in an RV caravan to urgently share their message before a cataclysmic earthquake strikes and a sudden rapture snatches more than 200 million Christians off the planet. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker ...
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doxologies: how church works: loving those who leave
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013. How church works: loving those who leave. NOTE: A year ago, I took blog break. I quietly stopped typing in order to turn my attention to other things. Today, I woke up from my long winter's nap.]. For the last several weeks, I have been preaching a series on "How Church Works." It's a handful of sermons that gets back to the fundamentals of why and how the church gathers. How do we listen to a sermon, take a communion , give, worship and connect with one another? By speaking well...
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doxologies: the heart of the matter
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Monday, August 8, 2011. The heart of the matter. Yesterday, I preached on James 5:1-6. It's one of those passages where a casual gloss of the text could easily lead the reader to conclude that the passage doesn't apply to them. Who of us thinks we're really rich? What's the standard of luxury? Few of us have unpaid farmers who have mowed our fields. So, we do nothing. And we did. Pantego Bible Church committed $40,000 to famine relief through our partnership with World Vision. A ministry that has a long ...
