Are you seeking the Savior, or stuff? Are you seeking Life, or mere life enhancement? Why exactly do you profess to know or follow Christ?
July 22, 2011
My family traveled to Georgia last week and as we were driving through Atlanta, I got a chance to listen to the Janet Medford Show. I was tuning in late to an interview with Mitchell Chase, author of The Gospel Is for Christians. I had never heard of him before, but this interview was excellent […]
July 21, 2011
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We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified [1] by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of […]
July 18, 2011
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 My friend and dear brother in Christ, Bobby McCreery of Athens, Georgia, shares his testimony as a street […]
July 14, 2011
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Dr. James White addresses this question in the following video. The text in question is from John 11, where Jesus promises that He will raise Lazarus from the dead in verse 23: Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” In reference to the question posed then, could Lazarus have refused to come forth […]
July 13, 2011
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us […]
July 11, 2011
My wife, Jennifer, and I took our two children up to the neighborhood pool late yesterday afternoon to wear them out a bit before bedtime. For some reason, Sundays are not conducive to nap times so a little time in the sun and water always does the trick. After an hour so, I overheard two […]
July 8, 2011
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The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. – Matthew 13:45-46 “I want this pearl. How much is it?” “Well,” the seller says, “it’s very expensive.” “But, how much?” we ask. “Well, […]
July 6, 2011
The one who has been saved by the grace of God through the Lord Jesus Christ experiences a real, tangible, inward change of the heart that leads to a life of sanctification. Titus 2:12 tells us that grace train[s] us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the […]
July 4, 2011
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These two videos from Tony Miano are very instructive. In the first video, Tony completes the reading from 1 John, calling for people to examine themselves in light of the Word of God. If one does not believe in the God of the Bible as defined by the God of the Bible, then one has […]
July 22, 2011
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