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2012 Year in Review

December 31, 2012

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2012 has been an incredible year for me and my family. The Lord has blessed us in so many ways this year, and some of the highlights include: Becoming pregnant with our 3rd child, Canaan Wyatt, who is due in February 2013 Growing in grace with our new church family at Creekside Bible Church My […]

New Street Preaching Resource

December 29, 2012

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Biblical street preaching is being revived in America as the Lord is raising up Christians to be heralds of the Gospel in their local communities. Personally, God has used brothers like Tony Miano over the last few years to teach me, exhort me, and admonish me to be faithful to my family, faithful to my […]

Exposing the Hypocrisy of the Culture of Death

December 19, 2012

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The following two quotes from John MacArthur and James White underscore the hypocrisy of the culture of death: John MacArthur in A Pastoral Response to the Newtown Massacre: This nation is aggressively killing unborn infants in the millions, and doesn’t feel any remorse apparently, all the way up to the highest levels. And yet there […]

Urgent: Whitehouse Petition for the Immediate Abolition of Abortion

December 17, 2012

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President Barack Obama was the keynote speaker during the prayer vigil in Newtown, Connecticut last night. While I appreciated the President’s compassionate speech for the families and community of Newtown, I could not help but consider his words valuable and applicable to all children, both born and pre-born. Some Christians and pro-lifers do not believe […]

Jesus Is Lord of Unbelievers

December 10, 2012

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From chapter 2 of The Gospel Is for Christians (pg. 33-34), Mitchell Chase writes, Sinners who believe in Jesus are acknowledging his lordship, but Jesus is Lord whether or not they ever believe in him. We cannot make Jesus anything, much less Lord…That Jesus is Lord over believers is not new information, but the lordship […]

Understanding 1 John 2:2

November 28, 2012

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1 John 2:2 is a verse used by many to oppose particular redemption (limited atonement). They assert that this verse is proof text that Christ died for “the whole world”, meaning every individual. It is critical to understand the nature and efficacy of the atonement so that one truly understands the grace of God in salvation. […]

Give Thanks to the Father as a Living Sacrifice

November 21, 2012

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May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. – Colossians 1:11-12 In Colossians chapter 1, Paul prays the church would be filled with the knowledge […]

Christ’s Death Guarantees Justification & Glorification for the Elect

November 19, 2012

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Christian religion that denies the Lord Jesus Christ died for a particular people, His elect chosen before the foundation of the world for God’s glory alone, leads to many wayward doctrines. The unbiblical teaching that Christ shed His blood and died for every person in the same way bears unbiblical theological fruit such as conditional election, […]

A Testimony from Jerusalem Under Attack

November 16, 2012

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By now you must be aware of the looming all-out war in Israel. For perspective as to what Israel is facing from just the Gaza Strip, terrorist organizations such as Hamas have launched 800 attacks against Israel from January to October 2012 according to Wikipedia. In October alone, 116 rockets and 55 mortars were launched […]

Satan Is Not Presently Bound

November 15, 2012

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I am currently reading Christ’s Prophetic Plans: A Futuristic Premillennial Primer, and am finding it compelling. As a compilation of a number of authors, this primer addresses important questions surrounding Israel, the rapture, the Millennial Kingdom, and other Bible prophecies. In the third chapter, Dr. Richard Mayhue asks  “Why Futuristic Premillennialism?” and takes a look at […]