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O Blessed God! How Kind
O blessed God! how kind Are all Thy ways to me, Whose dark benighted mind Was enmity with Thee. Yet now, subdued by sov’reign grace, My spirit longs for Thine embrace. How precious are Thy thoughts That o’er my spirit roll! They swell beyond my faults, And captivate my soul: How great the sum, how Read more
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Sanctification and The Great Commission
Excellent thoughts here: The Obedience of the Gospel. Too often acronyms cause more harm than good. Recognizing this, I have taught an acronym to the people I’ve been privileged to pastor over the last 14 years to help them with the basic points of the gospel message: Master-God is our Creator and Lord through whom Read more
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Snatched out of the very jaws of the devil!
(The following is an extract from a letter of George Whitefield, 1714-1770) For many years, from one end of the large London fair to the other, booths of all kinds have been erected for performers, clowns, players, puppet shows, and such like. With a heart bleeding with compassion for so many thousands led captive by Read more
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Ezekiel 9
In Ezekiel 9 the prophet saw a vision where Jerusalem was slaughtered because of their great wickedness. God commissioned an angel to mark any in Jerusalem who had remorse and regret over the sins taking place in the city (vv. 4-6). Those bearing this mark would be delivered from judgment. Only one man, Ezekiel, was spared; all Read more
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When Your Church Changes, What Do You Do?
This article provides some helpful counsel. I appreciated this point: Large churches can provide many resources (thank the Lord for the large churches that remain faithful), but the strength of the church at large is in the number of faithful small churches that are committed to Biblical disciple making in community after community across the Read more
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The Necessity of Widely Spreading the Word
Here’s a great quote from Daniel Webster (1782-1852)– If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, then error will be. If God and His Word are not known and received, the Read more
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