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What is Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ means
Martyn Lloyd-Jones commenting on Romans 6:11, So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. We are told to realize, and to hold before ourselves and in our consciousness constantly, something that is already true of our position or status. It is not an exhortation to us to do…
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Why The Gospel is Integral in Pastoring your Church
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far…
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Rescuing Ambition
Just finished the book Rescuing Ambition. I highly recommend every Christian to buy this book. So many times I had to stop and assess if I am having a worldly sense of ambition or a biblical view of ambition. Here are some of my notes and lessons learned: 1. Humility, rightly understood, shouldn’t be a…
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Hunger for God
John Piper: When you take your stand on the finished work of God in Christ, and begin to drink at the River of Life and eat the Bread of Heaven, and know that you have found the end of all your longings, you only get hungrier for God. The more satisfaction you experience from God,…
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Should Christians participate in Halloween???
The October 31st holiday that we today know as Halloween has strong roots in paganism and is closely connected with worship of the Enemy of this world, Satan. It is a holiday that generally glorifies the dark things of this world, rather than the light of Jesus Christ, The Truth. Have you noticed how costumes…