Category: Church
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The war within: Spirit vs Sin
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. -Galatians 5:17 The flesh vs the Spirit. For Christians, the Sprit filled life is meant to be…
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Reformation Day – the day that changed the future of the Church
501 years ago today, the history of the church, of Europe, and of the western world were forever changed in the town of Wittenberg Germany. Martin Luther wrote his 95 theses, a list of grievances against corrupt and unbiblical practices within the Catholic Church. The impact of this event continues to ripple throughout the Christian…
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Tim Keller on an underlying motivation for tolerance
I was reading an old sermon from Tim Keller, and was blown away by an observation he made regarding acceptance. “Some of us are extremely accepting. People will come to you and talk to you about their problems because you are so accepting. You are so non-judgmental. The reason you’re non-judgmental is … You’re gentle.…
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4 goals in every sermon I preach
I love preaching. I love everything about it. I love preparing to preach. I love behind the pulpit. I love evaluating a message afterwards. I love listening to sermons. I think a lot about preaching. In preaching, there are a lot of factors to consider in how to construct a sermon: genre of the passage,…
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Joshua Harris kisses “I kissed dating goodbye” goodbye
It’s crazy that one of the most popular books on dating written in the 90s was the dating philosophy of a 21 year old man…who was single at the time! In 1997, Joshua Harris wrote his dating manifesto “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” where he talked about…kissing dating goodbye. Instead of casual dating and having lots…
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