This article was originally posted at The Speak:Truth Project One of my most favorite things to do in life is to enjoy the great outdoors. Last Saturday, a group of us headed to Grandfather Mountain in Western North Carolina to meet up with a couple of dear friends, Josh and Steve, who recently moved from […]
April 21, 2011
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And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who […]
March 30, 2011
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This article was originally posted at The Speak:Truth Project Something incredible happened at work today. Due to the nature of my job, opportunities to share the Gospel with people at work do not come very often. Lately, I have tried to frame my conversations in a way that reveals I am a Christian (like inserting […]
March 17, 2011
A man who realizes in any measure the awful force of the words eternal hell won’t shut up about it, but will speak with all tenderness. – A.A. Hodge These last few weeks have generated much buzz about the doctrine of hell since Rob Bell released his promo video of his latest book, Love Wins […]
March 10, 2011
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You have been called of God to lay down your life for this daughter of his—period. – Paul Washer My brother, are you glorifying God in your marriage? What evidence do you have this is so? Do you love her like Christ loves the Church? Let me ask this question another way: would you want […]
March 9, 2011
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One of the privileges we have as children of the Sovereign Creator of the universe is to memorize His Holy Word. There is such reward and benefit in taking the time to affix these precious words from God onto our hearts, and admittedly I can and should do more of this spiritual discipline. During our […]
February 21, 2011
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Martin Lloyd-Jones On Preaching the Gospel: If it is true that where sin abounded grace has much more abounded, well then, “shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound yet further?” First of all, let me make a comment, to me a very important and vital comment. The true preaching of the gospel of […]
February 19, 2011
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For those of you who have been following my pastor’s messages lately, you have witnessed and been a part of the urgency in his preaching. The hour is late, the day draws near – Jesus is coming for His Bride! But as Pastor Livingston has been proclaiming, Christ is only coming for those who are […]
January 31, 2011
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Charles Spurgeon It is a remarkable fact that all the heresies which have arisen in the Christian Church have had a decided tendency to dishonor God and to flatter man. They have always had for their covert, if not for their open aim, the exaltation of human nature, and the casting down of the sovereignty […]
January 27, 2011
In looking at our wedding photo from 2006 as we gazed into each others’ eyes on the beach of Pawley’s Island, SC, I am reminded of the Apostle Paul’s exhortation for husbands to love their wives like Christ loves His Church. It seems many professing Christian men have made mental note that wives are to […]
April 28, 2011
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