Believe your Bible

Believe your Bible

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I posted this on another forum as well.  So, if you are getting this twice, i apologize.  Anyway, people get wrapped up in worldviews that are inheirently antibiblical.  So, in the realm of trying to "prove" God, we have been drawn into the debat...

Grace and Discipline

Grace and Discipline

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I have been thinking about Grace and Discipline today. We tend to look at grace and discipline as two sides of a coin. And becuase God is graceful, therefore, we should be graceful. So, that means we withhold discipline at all times, right? Wrong...

Cheap Grace

Cheap Grace

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  “The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing. . . Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins pr...

Our battle is not against flesh and blood

Our battle is not against flesh and blood

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"The answer to our political, economic, militaristic, and cultural problems is not whether the Republicans or the Democrats gain control over the government. Our problems will only be remedied when God’s people stop making excuses for their acqui...

The fool and his folly

The fool and his folly

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Proverbs tell us much about the fool and his folly.  The fool is one is says in his heart that there is not God (Psalms 14:1-3).  Their folly flows from this heart.  A godless heart; a heart that set against God and that cannot please God.  So, wh...

Fasting

Fasting

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"Fasting helps to discipline the self-indulgent and slothful will which is so reluctant to serve the Lord, and it helps to humiliate and chasten the flesh.  By practicing abstemiousness we show the world how different the Christian life is from it...

What is a Christian

What is a Christian

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This is a portion of a BLOG that I posted about a year ago. Let’s define the term Christian.  Simply put, a Christian is a follower of Christ.  Now, within this statement is a vast gulf between what we think is correct and what reality actually i...