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Jesus Paid it All
Jesus said it is finished. Everything is done. I don’t need to add anything. If somebody tells you that you need to add something to your salvation, just the idea of us sinful humans adding to our salvation is anti-gospel. It is the opposite of the gospel. If there is one thing we have added…
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Start, Continue and Finish with Christ
As Christians we have to remember how we became one. We started because we realized we are sinners of the worst kind, we were needy and dependent. That is how we started. That is how we met Christ and how Christ met us. As we continue to live in Christ, we must continue with the…
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The Difference between Religion and Christianity
Here is a simple way to describe the difference between religion and Christianity. Religion is man’s way to reach God. Christianity is God’s way to reach man. Religion’s three words are: “Get to Work.” Christianity’s three words are “It is Finished.” Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. Religion is under law. Christianity is…
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Hyper Spiritual
All of us have encountered hyper-spiritual people. Some of them has freaked us out while for some of us we must admit we are hyper spiritual. Hyper spirituality happens when we (usually implicitly) think that obedience to God and giving glory to God is about payback. We turn astonishment over the gospel into fuel for…
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And the Moral of the Story is…
Aren’t we all tempted to end with the moral of the story. We grew up with that practice. In every story there is a moral lesson. Whether it’s Aesop’s Fables or our Sunday School class, it needs to end with the moral story or else it won’t be a good story. But the gospel story…