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When the Gospel Takes Hold
Five outcomes that reveal how the Gospel transforms our hearts and lives.
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HOW TO GO FORWARD IN PEACE
How much peace are you experiencing these days? Would you define this chapter of your life as a peaceful one? Maybe that’s an unfair question in the current state of the world.
Imagine our world if every conversation ended with “Go in Peace”. Imagine if the the last word we said to each other in conversation was, “peace”. What would our society look like?
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HOW TO STAY THE COURSE
How’s this chapter of life going? Maybe for you, this chapter has a lot of difficult moments; personal struggles, broken relationships, as well as the numerous trials related to this cultural moment. As we navigate the difficulties of life, we can choose to quit and walk away, or we can choose to stay! To stay the course, looking forward to the end goal; past this earthly life and into eternity, focused on a better story.
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WHY THE PAST IS IMPORTANT
How Paul’s Past Reminds Us Not to Forget Ours. In 1 Timothy 1:12, Paul writes, “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.” (1:12) In verse 11, we read, “…which he entrusted to me.” (1:11), referring to God entrusting the Gospel to him….
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DETERMINED TO DESTROY THE CHURCH
PAUL: The Leading Choleric Throughout this month we’ve explored a post-series titled “Leaders Are Everywhere: God can use anyone, from anywhere, to do anything.” This week, we come to our last Biblical leader, the Apostle Paul, the Leading Choleric. As we’ve done with all of our Biblical leaders throughout this series, a foundation needs to be…
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Bible | Discipleship | NT
Are We Striving to Present Everyone Complete In Christ?
We need to take a deep, hard look inside ourselves and get to some honesty. If we have no desire to strive whatsoever, if we feel no compulsion to proclaim Christ, teach or admonish each other in any way, we have got some serious work to do in our hearts.
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Bible | Church | Discipleship | NT
Is Church Growth Centred On Evangelism, Discipleship, or Something Else?
Paul calls us to “present everyone complete in Christ.” (Col. 1:28) To the Colossian Church, “complete” was a term that was commonly used for loading a ship with all the necessary cargo and being prepared. Therefore, completeness is being ready for the long voyage, and ready for whatever trials or toils may come.
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Bible | Discipleship | NT
How To Remember People From Your Past In Prayer
We all have those reflective times when we think back on past life experiences and events. We often consider the people who have shaped those experiences and events as we think back. How often do we pray for those people? How often do we pray for those people when we ‘remember’ them? How different would our lives be, if we consistently brought them to Lord in prayer whenever we remembered them?
