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AN ASSURANCE THAT TREMBLES: When Forgotten Clauses Lead to Forgotten Fear
I met Chris in 2000, while standing in line on orientation day at Bible college. We immediately hit it off.…
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SKIPPING ACROSS MINEFIELDS: Not All That Shines is Light!
False teaching has plagued the church since the days of the Apostles. Today, deception spreads faster than ever. How do we discern truth from almost-truth? Only fools skip across minefields—be on guard!…
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Almost Saved: The Tragedy Within a Forgotten Parable
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand allthe parables?” Mark 4:13Some teachers believe He was saying, This parable is so simple. If you don’t understand it, youwon’t be able to understand any of the parables. But other teachers believe His words meant…
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UNITY AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: 4 Words We Pretend Aren’t There!
“Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul…”
Acts 4:32
These were the…
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“Peering Through the Blinds”: A Lesson from the House of Mourning
In 2008 I received one of those phone calls that alters the course of your life, that shapes the fabric…
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The Fork in The Road: A Story About Christ Confronting a Man
“Father, make me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a…
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KITCHEN OR THE KINGDOM: The Great Chasm between Mary and Martha!
Now, as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her…
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Deceived by the American Dream: Finally Hearing the Hard things Jesus said!
As the drugs wore off, I began thinking about the embarrassment of a man I had become and the direction my life seemed to be heading. My life was going in the wrong direction quickly, and I knew something was terribly wrong. There was a life the Scriptures said was available to me, but I wasn’t expe…
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Enduring Golgotha: Considerations As We Run
“…let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter…
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THE ONLY MESSAGE THAT MATTERS: A Simple and Clear Approach to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ
There is only one message that will save a man's soul. It is the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We can tell others about how God has changed our lives, but we must not fool ourselves; none of these things will save their soul. They must know and believe the message of the Gospel.…
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160 MINUTES: The Peril of Indifference in Perilous Times
The time taken between when the iceberg was struck at 11:40pm till the stern disappeared beneath the frigid waters of the Atlantic at 2:20am: 160 MINUTES! The fate of every man, woman, and child on that ship would be decided in the span of 160 minutes.…
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A Lukewarm Dilemma: The peculiar disconnect in the American Church
“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Origin of the creation of God, says this: I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of…