Tag Archives: Gospel of Matthew

From The Abundance of The Heart – 1

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Roland Ledoux

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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Jude Verse 8

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Roland Ledoux

Jude 1:8-10, “Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.” Jude now focuses our attention back to the subject of apostates and specifically pin-pointing their sins. Specifically Jude points to three main areas of … Continue reading →

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God’s Grace, Our Gift

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Roland Ledoux

*Pastor’s Note: This is one of the articles I wrote and posted for my very first website in the mid 90s soon after I got my first computer. I know, I was a slow up and comer! I thought it … Continue reading →

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Abiding In Christ

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Roland Ledoux

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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The REAL Gift of Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

John 1:1-4, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was … Continue reading →

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Of Such Is The Kingdom . . .

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

“Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid … Continue reading →

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If My People . . .

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

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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One World Order

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

Believe it or not, I have a lot of Christian Brothers and Sisters, whom I love dearly who for some reason are in panic mode, with all that is going on! Oh for the most part, they might say the … Continue reading →

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3 John, Verse 5-8

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

3 John 1:5-8, “Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers, who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, … Continue reading →

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The Initiative Against Despair – Oswald Chambers

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

Oswald Chambers (July 24, 1874 – November 15, 1917) was an early-twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional “My Utmost for His Highest.” Even as a teenager, Chambers was noted for his deep … Continue reading →

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I John 5:18-21

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

1 John 5:18-21, “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and … Continue reading →

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Liberty or Freedom?

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

2 Corinthians 3:17, “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man … Continue reading →

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I John 5:14-17

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

1 John 5:14-17, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we … Continue reading →

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Fruit For Thought

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

Yeah, I know, that title! I have a category on my website that most of you who follow me is called “Food For Thought” where I post usually shorter articles, not always mine, that cause a person reading them to … Continue reading →

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Man’s Wisdom

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on … Continue reading →

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The Broad vs The Narrow

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads … Continue reading →

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Go and Sin No More!

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Roland Ledoux

I have fought within myself as to whether to address this or not and I would rather just give the particulars without any names and yet, we as teachers AND preachers, ministers (servants) of the Word of God have to … Continue reading →

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Are You Living a Life —– style? Part One

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Roland Ledoux

Part One Sometime ago a good friend, Pastor Audrey, challenged our group at that time, with the truth that we ARE being watched by others! Then later she again challenged us with another truth that we ARE servants, bond-slaves to … Continue reading →

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