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Principalities, Powers and Rulers of Darkness
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged Adam and Eve, Bible Teaching, Children, Choices, Christianity, Creator, Destruction, Devil, Encouragement, Enemy of Your Soul, Ephesians, Flip Wilson, God, Gospel of John, Heavenly Father, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John, Jude, Last Days, Lord, Love, Murder, Obedience, Parents, Powers, Principalities, Rulers of Darkness, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Word of Truth
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To Tell The Truth – What’s My Line?
If any of you can remember the ORIGINAL television game shows by these names then I’m not the only one revealing my age! To Tell the Truth ran from the mid-sixties to seventies and What’s My Line? was kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 2 Peter, Bible, Bible Teaching, Bing, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Condemn Scripturally, Corruption, Devil, Encouragement, End Times, Enemy of Your Soul, Evil, Faithfulness, False Christianity, False Teachers, False Teaching, Game Shows, God's Love, Gomorrah, Google, Grace, Hate, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Justify Untruth, Lord, Lot, Love, Luke, Mankind's Enemy, Matthew, Noah, Oprah Winfrey, Perverting Love, Perverting Scripture, Philippians, Redemption, Relationship, Romans, Salvation, Scriptures, Sin, Sodom, Spirituality, Spiritually Renewed, Strength, Teaching, Television, Titles, To Tell The Truth, Truth, Twisting Love, Twisting Scripture, Unrighteousness, What's My Line?, Wickedness, Word of God
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2 John, Verse 7-13
2 John, 7-9, “For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Peter, 2 John, Acts of Service, Antichrists, Beloved Apostle, Bible, Bible Teaching, Carnal, Carnal Thinking, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ's Gifts, Christianity, Desires, Devil, Encouragement, Enemy, Eternal Consequences, Eternity, Faithfulness, False Teachers, False Teachings, Gifts, Gnosticism, Gnostics, God's Love, Gospel of John, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, I and The Father Are One, Inspiration, Jehovah's Witness, Kingdom of God, Kingdom Thinking, Lord, Natural, Redemption, Relationship, Repentance, Rewards, Salvation, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Temptations of Jesus, Truth, Twisted Truth, Wants, Watchtower Bible, Wishes, Word of God
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Heaven or Hell
I know it seems the “theme” for today is Heaven and Hell, in fact, more Hell than Heaven. To be thoroughly honest, I don’t like to preach or speak about Hell. That’s not me – for the most part. BUT … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged 1 John, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, 2 Thessalonians, Bible, Choice, Choices, Creator, Darkness, Devil, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Faith, Faithfulness, Gnashing Teeth, God, God Almighty, god of This Age, God's Love, Heaven or Hell, Heavenly Father, Hidden Gospel, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Lord, Love, Matthew, No Love, Pain, Reject Christ, Reject God, Satan, Scriptures, Teaching, Torment, Truth, Veiled Gospel, Wailing, Word of God
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Our Sinful Nature
Posted in Bible Verse of the Day
Tagged Anger, Bible, Choices, Death, Devil, Disobedience, Ephesians, Evil Spirit, Faithfulness, God, God's Anger, God's Love, God's Wrath, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Human Nature, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Refusing God, Refusing Obedience, Scriptures, Sin, Sinful Nature, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Victor or Victim?
1 Peter 1:6-9, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, According to the Flesh, Battles, Bible, Bible Teaching, Body of Christ, Born Again, Carnal, Child of God, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Circumstances, Devil, Disciple of Christ, Empowered by the Spirit, Encouragement, Ephesians, Events, Faith, Faithfulness, Follower of Christ, Footsteps of Christ, God, God's Love, Heart-Breaking Circumstances, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Hope, Individuality, Inspiration, Iraq, Iraq War, Jesus, Lake of Fire, Lord, Love, Matthew, Persecutions, Philippians, Powers, Principalities, Redemption, Relationship, Romans, Salvation, Saved, Scripture, Scriptures, Shock and Awe, Skirmishes, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Wickedness, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Trials, Tribulations, Truth, Victim, Victor, Victory, Walk in the Flesh, Walk in the Spirit, War, Word of God
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I John 3:10-13
1 John 3:10, “In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.” 11-13, “For this is the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 John, Abel, Bible, Bible Teaching, Cain, Choices, Christianity, Deception, Devil, Encouragement, Evil, Faith, Faithfulness, Fall, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, James, Jesus, John, Lies, Lord, Love, Lucifer, Luke, Matthew, Ministry, Mistakes, Murder, Not Looking Back, Philippians, Practice, Practice Makes Perfect, Press On, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Centeredness, Selfishness, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Ministry, Spirituality, Strength, Strive, Struggles, Stumble, Teaching, Truth, Wickedness, Word of God, Working Towards
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I John 3:7-9
1 John 3:7-9, “Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Admonishment, Bible, Bible Teaching, Bondage, Carnal, Chastise, Chastisement, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Corruptible, Corruption, Devil, Disciple, Discipleship, Discipline, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Galatians, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holiness, Holy Bible, Human Nature, Incorruptible, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lies, Lord, Love, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Philippians, Proverbs, Purity, Relationship, Righteousness, Sin, Spirit, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Nature, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Unrighteousness, Word of God, Works
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The Trouble With Secular Diversity – Part I
January 8th, 2016 I posted an article in my blog under the Food For Thought Category, called “Diversities” and at the time it was more of something that had just struck me while watching a nature program and I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blind Leading Blind, Blindness, Cheat, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Church, Comes to Destroy, Devil, Diversity, Divisiveness, Encouragement, Enemy of Your Soul, Faith, Faithfulness, Galatians, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Hypocrisy, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Liar, Lies, Lord, Love, Ministry, Scripture, Scriptures, Secular Diversity, Spiritual, Spiritual Diversity, Teaching, The Enemy, Thief, Truth, Word of God
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