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humility quote
Jonathan Edwards: “A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble brokenhearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires; their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable, and full of glory, is a humble, brokenhearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor…
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responding to rudeness online
This is helpful. Click here to read this short post on ‘responding to rude comments and emails’.
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what sports taught me about life
As I grow up I am seeing more and more that the many things I learned from playing sports while growing up, actually have helped me a great deal in life. Here are 4 phrases that mean a lot. These phrases came from my years in basketball, but they certainly apply to life as well.…
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Christmas Candlelight Service
On Sunday evening, December 19th at 6:00pm, our church will be having a Candlelight Christmas Service. This will be a delightfully warm service centered on the love and forgiveness of Jesus. We will sing Christmas songs, Read Christmas passages from the Bible, light candles, and soak in all that God has in store for us…
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3 steps to godliness
Obviously, there are not 3 steps to make you godly. But the pursuit of holiness and godliness is something to be desired by every redeemed child of God. I am often asked by the younger disciples…’how to become more godly?’ While it is a long process… and we will never really get there this side…
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what are you excited about it?
D.A. Carson: “If I have learned anything in 35 or 40 years of teaching, it is that students don’t learn everything I teach them. What they learn is what I am excited about, the kinds of things I emphasize again and again and again and again. That had better be the gospel. If the gospel—even…
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position in Christ, or not
The Bible only tells of us two positions that people can be in spiritually: For God in Christ Not for God In our life experiences, this often is muddy or hard to distinguish. For we all know good people who are not committed to God, but they really seem to be good people. And we…
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Sills on missions in Latin America
Dr. David Sills writes a very timely article here about missions in Latin America. There is still a lot of urgent work to be done there. If you are interested in missions or care at all, please take time to read this. Here is an excerpt: “Rather than leave, our ministries should change. We must train…
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make a difference
I believe the Bible teaches that Christians can and should be difference-makers in their own little circles. I am not saying everyone should be a superstar, but I am saying that the focus and quality and intensity and sincerity that Christians should exhibit due to their indwelling Holy Spirit and high view of God, his…
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c.s lewis on legalism
This excerpt is full of wisdom. All of us ought to worry about our own flaws and fixing ourselves a little more and then worry about others a lot less. Click here for it.