October


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October 21, 2023 October 21 – Wiping Away the Tears God is acquainted with our tears. From the first cries of a newborn baby to the sorrowful lamentations at a graveside, we experience tears because we live in a cosmos that has gone bad. The psalmist said, “Thou tellest my 0
October 20, 2023 October 20 – Laborers Together Recently, a man in our church sold an off-road vehicle to one of his relatives. He sold it to him at a discounted price with the stipulation of him coming to church and Sunday school for six months. His relative, 0
October 19, 2023 October 19 – Confronting Pride – Part 3 The only victory, the only triumph against this insidious force of pride is the cross of Jesus Christ. The antithesis of pride is not necessarily humility, but rather sacrifice…death even. Christ made himself of “no reputation” and took upon him 0
October 18, 2023 October 18 – Confronting Pride – Part 2 Pride is manifested primarily through comparison and competition. Man, even alone, likes to make his boast before God. But when you put that same fallen man in the midst of other fallen men, the great race to glory is set 0
October 17, 2023 October 17 – Confronting Pride – Part 1 Pride is an ironic altar where those who are consumed with glory bow down to themselves. It is there the parishioner trades his sacrifice, his humility, his service for a pompous seat upon a throne–one engraved with the intricacies of 0
October 16, 2023 October 16 – Intentions Intention is the heartbeat of the Christian life. Our motive in serving Christ is equally, if not more so, important than the actual service. It is possible for the unregenerate man to perform the same duties and operate in the 0
October 15, 2023 October 15 – Dear Lord, Open My Eyes Over the course of my ministry I’ve had countless people tell me about their difficulty with the Word of God. They say it’s too hard to understand, or they don’t have the discipline to read, or they simply do not 0
October 14, 2023 October 14 – Your Affliction, His Authority Have you ever noticed the various ways Jesus engaged those who came to Him with afflictions? Sometimes Jesus touched the frail bodies of the diseased. Other times He simply spoke a Word of rebuke to the unclean spirits. Still other 0
October 13, 2023 October 13 – Responding to the Word There are two ways to respond to the Word of God: Either with indifference or with implementation. I call these two ways the “but” and “so” approaches. The “but” approach is to hear the Word of God and give excuse 0
October 12, 2023 October 12 – The Order of Holiness We tend to think of holiness as a “starchy starkness” from the world. Holiness is the absence of secular thought and things, we contend. Therefore, if we stay away from such insidious and polluting notions we are, by default, holy. 0
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