By Justin Edwards In this last message of the When Christ Returns series, Loran Livingston exhorts us to eagerly await the return of the Lord Jesus Christ! He is coming back any moment now and we must continue to sound the alarm that His return is imminent and we must all be ready. We must […]
August 24, 2010
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By Justin Edwards Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. – 2 Corinthians 5:20-21
August 23, 2010
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The following excerpt comes from Tim Chester’s You Can Change (p. 25, 27): What’s wrong with wanting to change so we can prove ourselves to God or people or ourselves? It doesn’t work. We might fool other people for a while. We might even fool ourselves. But we can never change enough to impress God. […]
August 22, 2010
By Justin Edwards Just on the other side of a weekend that started with the inauguration of Iran’s first nuclear reactor and test launch of a surface to surface missile (nicknamed “Ya Mahdi” in reference to Shia Islam’s 12th Imam), President Ahmadinejad announced their new domestically built long-range unmanned bomber aircraft named “ambassador of death” […]
August 21, 2010
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From Desiring God What is the last movie that you went to see at the theater? Why did you go see it, really? Were you glorifying God as you watched it? Is it possible to glorify God through the enjoyment of music, movies, literature, etc. produced by secular artists? Yes. I assume the computer you […]
August 21, 2010
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By Justin Edwards Looking at the Drudge headlines over the last hour makes it clear that war is brewing on the near horizon in the Middle East. The headlines read like a road map to war rather than any sort of road map to peace like Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hoping for next […]
August 20, 2010
Comments Off on Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit – Part 2
In Part 1 of Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit it was mentioned that the Bible gives us information that describes what a born again Christian looks like as well as what an unbeliever looks like, whether that means there is no profession of faith or a false profession. When one […]
August 19, 2010
One of the evidences Christians have in their tool box for assurance of salvation is whether the fruit of the Spirit is manifest in them. This fruit includes 9 characteristics: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Contrarily, the works of the flesh are evident in the unregenerate, unsaved person, which are: […]
August 19, 2010
Comments Off on The Unfruitful Works of Darkness vs the Fruit of Light
By Mike Ratliff Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the […]
August 18, 2010
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By Justin Edwards As we near the end of the When Christ Returns series, Loran Livingston delivers a sobering message on Judgment Day where people who have rejected Jesus Christ through the ages will face the Great White Throne Judgment of God. If you have not been following this series, I implore you to watch […]
August 24, 2010
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