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It will always be a Gospel Issue
Acts 15 15 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:“Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the…
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The Humpty Syndrome
Romans 7:5 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. A person who would base his relationship with Christ on the law and rules would end up aroused by the law. People who live…
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What the Gospel taught me about the Law
The gospel teaches me to tell the Law that it doesn’t have any right to try to condemn me ever again. It tells me that when I hear its voice, I can proclaim that it has already been satisfied and can’t ask for more. And it motivates me to confess my sin and love my…
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Randy Alcorn on Tithing
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about tithing and Pastor Randy Alcorn’s article sheds some light to the confusion: I have mixed feelings on tithing. I detest legalism. I certainly don’t want to pour new wine into old wineskins, imposing superseded first covenant restrictions on Christians. However, the fact is that every New Testament…