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Breakthrough – Reasoned Cases For Christ
*Pastor’s Note: Do you ever wish you could walk with Jesus as the Apostles and Disciples did? I don’t think any Christian hasn’t had thoughts like that. Here’s a great lesson by our Brother Bruce Cooper about keeping our focus … Continue reading
Posted in Body Ministry
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Body Ministry, Bruce Cooper, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Apologetic Resource, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Discernment, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faith, God, God Almighty, God of Righteousness, God's Righteousness, Gospel, Gospel of John, Gospel-Centered, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Life Lessons, Lord, Praise, Reasoned Cases For Christ, Religion, Revelation, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Trust, Truth, Wisdom, Witness, Word of God, Word of Truth, Worship
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Faith or Fear?
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Choose, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Discernment, Encouragement, Faith or Fear, God, God Almighty, Gospel, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Life Lessons, Lord, One Winner, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Sermon in Pictures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Stop It!
*Pastor’s Note: I am sorry for the length but I did not want to split this up and I couldn’t see any way to make it shorter and stress the importance of this message. Also, images I am using are … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Discernment, Divination, Encouragement, Gifts of the Spirit, God, God Almighty, Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Life Lessons, Lord, Mediums, Philippians, Prophecy, Psychics, Religion, Righteousness, Romans, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Knowledge, Word of Truth, Word of Wisdom
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The Lord Is Your Security
PROLOGUE TO DAILY PROVERBS: There is a Proverb for EVERY day of the Month. Do you want wisdom. It is found here! “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, … Continue reading
Posted in Proverbs
Tagged Better Than Gold, Better Than Jewels, Better Than Silver, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Comfort, Common Sense, Daily Proverbs, Deserved, Destruction, Disaster, Discernment, Discipline, Disgrace, Don't Lose, Encouragement, Feet Won't Stumble, Godly, Guidance, Happiness, Help Later, Help Now, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation (NLT), Honesty, Honor, Inspiration, Instruction, Jewels, Joy, Joyful, Knowledge, Life Lessons, Long Life, Lord, Neighbor, NLT - New Living Translation, Old Testament, Power to Help, Proverbs, Refresh Your Soul, Religion, Rich, Riches, Safety, Scripture, Scriptures, Security, Sleep Safely, Sleep Soundly, Spirituality, Teaching, Traps, Tree of Life, Understanding, Wicked, Wickedness, Wisdom, Without Fear, Word of God, Word of Truth, Word of Wisdom
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More of Wisdom Calling For a Hearing
PROLOGUE TO DAILY PROVERBS: There is a Proverb for EVERY day of the Month. Do you want wisdom. It is found here! “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, … Continue reading
Posted in Proverbs
Tagged Arrogance, Better Than Gold, Better Than Jewels, Better Than Silver, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christianity, Comfort, Common Sense, Corruption, Daily Proverbs, Discernment, Discipline, Discover Knowledge, Disgrace, Encouragement, Fear the Lord, Godly, Good Judgment, Guidance, Happiness, Hate Evil, Hate Pride, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation (NLT), Honesty, Honor, Insight, Inspiration, Instruction, Joy, Joyful, Kings Reign, Knowledge, Long Life, NLT - New Living Translation, Old Testament, Perverse Speech, Proverbs, Religion, Rich, Riches, Righteous Judgments, Rulers Decree, Rulers Lead, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Success, Teaching, Tree of Life, Understanding, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth, Word of Wisdom
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Jude Verses 12-13
Jude 1:12-13, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged Apostasy, Assembly of God, Bad Tree, Bearing Fruit, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blackness, Cave, Cave Exploration, Celebrations, Celestial Bodies, Chapter of Judging, Charismatic, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, Darkness, Discernment, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, False Teachers, Firewood, Gluttony, God, God Almighty, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Gift, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jude, Judging, Life, Light of the World, Line Upon Line, Lord, New Testament, No Light, Precept Upon Precept, Psalms, Raging Waves, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Centeredness, Self-Righteous, Selfishness, Spirituality, Teaching, Tree Planted by Water, Truth, Utter Darkness, Wandering Stars, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Jude Verse 12
Jude 1:12, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged Apostasy, Assembly of God, Bad Tree, Bearing Fruit, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blackness, Cave, Cave Exploration, Celebrations, Celestial Bodies, Chapter of Judging, Charismatic, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, Darkness, Discernment, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, False Teachers, Firewood, Gluttony, God, God Almighty, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Gift, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jude, Judging, Life, Light of the World, Line Upon Line, Lord, New Testament, No Light, Precept Upon Precept, Psalms, Raging Waves, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Centeredness, Self-Righteous, Selfishness, Spirituality, Teaching, Tree Planted by Water, Truth, Utter Darkness, Wandering Stars, Word of God, Word of Truth
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The Honest Will Inherit Good Things
PROLOGUE TO DAILY PROVERBS: There is a Proverb for EVERY day of the Month. Do you want wisdom. It is found here! “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, … Continue reading
Posted in Proverbs
Tagged Better Than Gold, Better Than Jewels, Better Than Silver, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blessed, Christian, Christianity, Comfort, Confess Sin - Mercy, Daily Proverbs, Discernment, Discipline, Disgrace, Earnings, Encouragement, Evil Paths, Fear the Lord, Godly, Guidance, Happiness, Hiding, High Interest, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation (NLT), Honesty, Honor, Income, Inspiration, Instruction, Joy, Joyful, Knowledge, Law, Lawlessness, Long Life, NLT - New Living Translation, Old Testament, Proverbs, Religion, Rich, Rich People, Riches, Scripture, Scriptures, Sin - No Prosperity, Spirituality, Stubborness, Success of the Godly, Teaching, The Poor, Traps, Tree of Life, Trouble, Understanding, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth, Word of Wisdom
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When God Reveals The Truth
Daniel 2:47, The king answered Daniel and said, “Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery.” (NASB). My wife and I, … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, Belief, Believe, Bible, Bible Teaching, Can't Deny Truth, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Daniel, Dark Brought to Light, Devil, Discernment, Do Not Fear, Ears to Hear, Encouragement, Enemy, Eyes To See, Ezekiel, God, God Almighty, Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Isaiah, James, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Lord, NASB - New American Standard Bible, New King James Version, New Testament, NKJV - New King James Version, Old Testament, Reject Truth, Religion, Reveal Mysteries, Reveal Secrets, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Walking in the Spirit, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Jude Verse 11
Jude 1:11, “Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.” We continue where we left off in verse 11. … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Crucify, Denominations, Discernment, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, Fall Away, False Teachers, God, God Almighty, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Gift, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Impossible, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jude, Judging, King Solomon, Life, Line Upon Line, Lord, New Testament, Nothing New Under the Sun, Numbers, Open Shame, Precept Upon Precept, Religion, Religious Theories, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual Truths, Spirituality, Study the Bible, Teaching, Traditions, Traditions of Men, Truth, Word of God, Word of Truth
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 4
Part Four: Continuing on now from Part Three: Let’s look at the difference that Jesus made in the lives of tax collectors and prostitutes and especially in relation to the letter of the Law, versus the Spirit of the Law. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance of the Heart, Adversaries, Agape Love, Balance, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Condemnation, Condoning, Demonstrated, Discernment, Encouragement, Gentleness, God, God Almighty, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, History, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Anointing, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus is Example, Jesus Lived It, Jesus Will Judge, Judgment, Letter, Letter of the Law, Life, Life Abundantly, Love, Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Meditate, New Testament, No Anxiety, No Compromise, Peace of God, Penalty, Philippians, Praiseworthy, Prayer, Rejoice, Religion, Religious, Religious Leaders, Scripture, Scriptures, Sentencing, Speaking, Spirit of Man, Spirit of the Law, Spirit of the Word, Spirituality, Supplication, Teaching, Thanksgiving, The Spirit, Truth, Value, Virtue, Woe to the World, Word of God, Word of Truth
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 3
Part Three: Continuing on now from Part Two: Those of us who are supposed to be true spiritual leaders as compared to the many religious leaders, instead of teaching others to demonstrate and show love to only their brothers and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel, Abundance of the Heart, Agape, Applicable Quotes, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Discernment, Encouragement, Ends Justify the Means, Examples, George Bernanos, God, God Almighty, God the Father, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Heaven, Heavenly Father, Historical Jesus, History, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus is The Way, King Saul, Knowing Jesus, Lawlessness, Letter, Life, Living Examples, Love of God, New Testament, Obedience, Old Testament, Prophet Samuel, Quotes, Rebellion, Religion, Religion vs Spirituality, Romans, Sacrifice, Scripture, Scriptures, Selfless Love, Sin of Witchcraft, Speaking, Spirit of Man, Spirit of the Word, Spirituality, Teaching, The Spirit, Truth, Word of God, Word of Truth
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 1
Part One: Rampant political corruption, religious corruption and manipulation of politics to gain prestige, power or monetary gain, widespread poverty, major sociological class divisions, social unrest, the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, people abandoning their religious faith … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance of the Heart, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Corruption, Death, Deception, Discernment, Ecclesiastes, Encouragement, Foundation, God, God Almighty, Good Man, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, History, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Immorality, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Letter, Life, Manipulation, Nothing New, Parables, Political Unrest, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Solomon, Speaking, Spirit of Man, Spirit of the Word, Spirituality, Teaching, The Spirit, Truth, Warning, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Neglect of The Bible
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Tagged 'Nuff Said!, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christianity, Classic Preachers, Classic Preaching, Deception, Discernment, Enemy, False Teachers, Guard Your Heart, Holy Bible, J.C. Ryle, Lies, Living Word, No Foundation, Prey, Religion, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Abiding In Christ
John 15:4-8, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He … Continue reading
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