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Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Fruits
A month ago, I blogged about that our Spiritual Gifts are not our Spiritual Strengths. Tim Keller wrote a similar thought that hits the mark. Moving in the gifts of the Spirit can sometimes get to our heads. We try to measure how good we are according to the move of the Spirit in us.…
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I Don’t Like Offensive Preachings
Remember my blog about the guy who walked out in the middle of my preaching last year, well he is back. The same guy!!! Two weeks ago, I realized that this was the same guy who walked out shouting last year and he is sitting in the front row. In fact, this guy has been…
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The Gospel Story Line
Out of the cross comes the resurrection. Out of weakness comes real strength. Out of repentance and admitting you are weak comes real power. Out of giving away and serving others comes real strength. Out of generosity and giving your money away comes real wealth. That’s the gospel story line. – Tim Keller
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More Wicked but More Loved
The gospel of justifying faith means that while Christians are, in themselves still sinful and sinning, yet in Christ, in God’s sight, they are accepted and righteous. So we can say that we are more wicked than we ever dared believe, but more loved and accepted in Christ than we ever dared hope – at the…
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Recognizing the Idols in our Life
Let me quote from Tim Keller’s book Counterfeit Gods We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things…