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Why, Oh Why? – 2
*Pastor’s Note: This is a continuation of the lesson we started on November 11th, twenty years and two months after the tragic events of what has become known as the 9/11 attacks. The whole point is to look at where … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 9/11 2001, Ability to Choose, All-Knowing, Asking Why, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blatant Corruption, Character of God, Choice, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Corruption, Disasters, Emotion, Encouragement, Ephesians, Evil, Feeling, Genesis, God, God Almighty, God Is Just, God is Love, Gospel, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Justice, Life, Life Lessons, Lord, Love Dependent on Choice, Love Is Action, Nature of God, No Longer Hiding, Omniscience, Omniscient, Religion, Righteousness, Romans, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Tragedies, Truth, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Avoid The Appearance of Evil
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Tagged 'Nuff Said!, Appearance of Evil, Avoid Evil, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Encouragement, Evil, God, God Almighty, Gospel, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Lord, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Sermon in Pictures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Be Careful Where You Walk . . .
Been awhile since I posted any of my Brother’s poetry. I was looking through some that I had saved from his Facebook page and found this one I love. Please also check out his Book of Poetry, The Journey Home, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Avoid Evil, Bible, Book of Poetry, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Poetry, Christianity, Daddy, Direction, Don't Look Back, Encouragement, Evil, Father, God, Heart, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Inspirational Poetry, Instruction, Jesus, Journey of LIfe, Lot's Wife, Mike Armijo, Pathways, Pillar of Salt, Poetry, Religion, Sin, Spiritual, Spiritual Poetry, The Journey Home, Truth, Walking in Footsteps, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth, World
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Don’t Envy The World
As I was praying the other night, I was seeking the Lord for a word in relation to what is and has been going on around us lately. I wanted something that would be an encouragement and inspiration to my … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter, Aloneness, Arrogance, Asaph, Bible, Blatant Corruption, Book of Psalms, Bride of Christ, Choices, Church of Christ, Comfort, Corruption, Damnation, Darkness, Decisions, Dismay, Encouragement, Envy, Eternal Life, Eternity, Evil, Grace, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation (NLT), Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Joy, King David, Longsuffering, Mercy, NLT - New Living Translation, Patience, Peace, Pride, Psalms, Redemption, Rejecting God, Romans, Salvation, Scriptures, Spirit vs. Flesh, Truth, Wickedness, Word of God, Word of Truth, World, World System
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Hell, a Choice
I’ll say it up front, I take no pleasure in this subject. I very rarely teach on Hell and yet as a preacher called and equipped by the Holy Spirit, I can’t teach on the Love of God and the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter, Aloneness, Angels, Bible, Book of Life, Choices, Christ Jesus, Communion, Communion with God, Darkness, Encouragement, Eternal, Eternity, Evil, Fire and Brimstone, Fruit of the Spirit, Gehenna, Genesis, Gnashing Teeth, God, God Amighty, God Breathed, God Our Heavenly Father, God's Desire, Hell, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Individuals, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Joshua, Joy, Judgement, Judgment, Lake of Fire, Light, Lord Jesus Christ, Love, Matthew, Peace, Prayer, Rejection, Rejection of God, Repentance, Revelation, Revival, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Son of Man, Torment, Truth, Wailing, Wickedness, Word of God
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The Rapture and Tribulation
1 Corinthians 15:51-53, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed–in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, Acts, Anti-Christ, Ark, Bible, Bridegroom, Carry Off, Character of God, Christ, Christians, Comfort, Comfort One Another, Corruption, Encouragement, Etymology, Evil, False Teaching, God Almighty, God's Word, God's Wrath, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus Christ, John, Judgment, Lord Jesus, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Mid-Tribulation, Nature of God, Noah, Pastor's Desk, Pre-Tribulation, Rapture, Scriptures, Snatch Away, Social Media, Spirit of Christ, Spirit of God, To Seize, Tribulation, Truth, Twinkling of an Eye, Wikipedia, Wrath
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Faith Beyond Believing
“For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, Agape Love, Believing, Bible, Bible Teaching, Born Again, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Corruption, Creator, Daniel, Destruction, Disasters, Earthquakes, Encouragement, Evil, Faith, Faithfulness, Forest Fires, God, God Almighty, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Hope, Hurricanes, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, Knowledge, Lord, Love, Relationship, Romans, Scriptures, Sight, Sovereign, Sovereign God, Spiritual, Spiritual Sight, Spirituality, Spiritually Reborn, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Walk by Faith, Word of God
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If My People . . .
I was going to sit down here at the keyboard and finish up my expository teaching on the Letters of John, but I have a “pet-peeve!” Oh, oh, here we go again. Brother Roland has something he’s gonna take out … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Chronicles, America, Anointed Revival, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Dispensation of Grace, Encouragement, Enlightened, Evil, Faithfulness, God, God's Chosen People, God's Perfect Will, God's Plan, God's Throne, God's Will, Gospel of Matthew, Grace, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Revival, Hope, Inspiration, Israel, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Law, Leaders, Lord, Lost, Mankind, Matthew, Model of Prayer, My People, New Covenant, Old Covenant, Pattern of Prayer, Prayer, Preacher, Revival, Revival Fires, Scriptures, Sinners, Spirituality, Strength, Teacher, Teaching, The Lord's Prayer, The Nation Israel, The United States, Truth, Wickedness, Word of God
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Lift Him Up!
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Bible, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ Lifted Up, Christianity, Darkness, Didn't Come to Condemn, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Everlasting Life, Evil, Evil Deeds, Faith, Faithfulness, God Loved the World, God's Love, Gospel of John, Grace, Heavenly Father, His Only Begotten Son, Holy Bible, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lifted Up Serpent, Light of the World, Lord, Love, Moses, Relationship, Salvation, Saved, Scriptures, Son of Man, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Truth Comes to Light, Word of God
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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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All That Is Required
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Tagged 'Nuff Said!, Choices, Christianity, Christians, Common Sense, Do Nothing, Edmund Burke, Encouragement, Evil, Evil Triumphs, Faithfulness, Good Men, Grace, Inspiration, Love, Requirement For Evil, Responsibility, Silence, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
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Passover – Coronavirus
I want to share with you something that I HAD been conflicted over for a couple of days. Yes, I still learn, I still seek the Lord’s wisdom and I still grow in Him! Okay, that was my confession. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Aaron, Abandoned God, Abandoned Reason, Abiding in Christ, Anxiety, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Confounded Minds, Confusion, Coronavirus, Darkness, Doubt, Ecclesiastes, Egypt, Encouragement, Evil, Exodus, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Flu, God Doesn't Change, God's Character, God's in Control, God's Love, God's Nature, God's Word Doesn't Change, Good, Government, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, In God We Trust, Inspiration, Isaiah, Joy, Judgement, Light, Lord, Love, Mercy, Morality, Moses, Nations, News Media, Nothing New Under the Sun, Panic, Passover, Peace, Prayer, Prophecy, Prophetic, Reprobate, Reprobate Mind, Scriptures, Security, Social Media, Society, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Wisdom, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Western Civilizations, Word of God
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Love and Fear – Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren (February 11, 1826 – May 5, 1910) was an English non-conformist minister of Scottish origin. This Scottish preacher was known as the ‘Prince of Expositors’ and “the supreme example of the Protestant expository preacher.” He was born in … Continue reading
Posted in Great Sermons From The Past
Tagged 1 John, Alexander Maclaren, Anxiety, Bible, Bible Teaching, Character, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ's Love, Death, Dread, Emotions, Encouragement, Evil, Expositor, Expulsion of Fear, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Imperfection, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Ministry, Mission of Fear, Overcoming Fear, Power, Redemption, Relationship, Repentance, Righteousness, Salvation, Scottish Preacher, Scripture, Scriptures, Sinfulness, Sound Mind, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, The Great Expositor, Truth, Unforgiveness, Unrighteousness, Word of God, Worry
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Rainbow Promise
Genesis 9: 12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. 13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign … Continue reading
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Tagged As in the Days of Noah, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Communication, Communion, Covenant, Destruction, Earth, Encouragement, Evil, Evil Generation, Faith, Faithfulness, Flood, Genesis, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Hope, Impurity, Last Days, Lord, Love, Mankind, Promise, Rainbow, Rejecting God's Word, Rejecting the Bible, Sexual Sins, Sin, Spirituality, Strength, Symbol, Symbolism, Teaching, Truth, 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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