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sunday rewind: Manny Pacquiao, women in church and generosity
– it was the usual Sunday for our church when Pacquiao has a fight. 3pm service was women’s fellowship. Gone are the men to celebrate with Manny Pacquiao. – people came in droves for our 5pm service though. Goes to show you can’t serve both God and Manny. hehe – got me thinking as I…
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2 ways Christians can be defeated
A Christian can defeat himself in two ways: one is to forget the holiness of God and the fact that sin is sin. The Bible calls us to an ever deeper commitment in giving ourselves to Christ for him to produce his fruit through us. The other is to allow himself to be worn out…
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Why I don’t want you to get rich
…. because people who get rich would eventually be poor again. The world teaches us how to get rich. We have seen millions of people gamble their hard earned money because they want to get rich. I have personally heard people encouraging other people to steal to get rich. Get rich no matter what –…
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Reading Less by John Piper
I [do not] want to give the impression that I think there is virtue in reading many books. In fact one of my greatest complaints in seminary was that professors trained students in bad habits of superficial reading because they assigned too many books. I agree with Spurgeon: “A student will find that his mental…
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Extreme Generosity in Action
We are currently on a series on biblical finance and generosity. After I preached last Sunday, one of our worship team guitarist approached me and shared a story that made my day. Nikki plays the guitar and do vocals too. She got this Yamaha acoustic guitar for her 18th birthday. This guitar was really something…