There are several warning passages in the Book of Hebrews, among them are: Hebrews 2:1-3; 3:7-11; 4:1, 11; 6:4-8; 10:26-31, 38; 12:15, 25. How do you understand these warnings? Do they threaten a loss of salvation? Lost of rewards? Are they directed towards believers? Are they directed to unbelievers? For…
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What Does it Mean to Be In Christ?
Both Ephesians and Colossians begin with Paul addressing the recipients as “faithful” and “saints” who are “in Christ” (Ephesians 1:1, Colossians 1:2). He goes on to tell the Ephesians that they are blessed in Christ (1:3), chosen in Christ (1:4), and redeemed in Christ (1:7). He lets them know that…
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What Does It Mean to Walk in the Spirit?
According to Romans 7-8 and Galatians 5, within the Christian, there is a struggle of the flesh against the Spirit. What does it mean to walk in the Spirit? Everyone has a carnal (sinful) nature. This nature leads us to do things that we don’t want to do. These are…
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What is the Gospel?
All men are under sin (Romans 3:9-19) and need to be rescued. All the world is “guilty before God” (Romans 3:19). We are “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1), following after Satan, the prince of the power of the air. All mankind is, by nature, “fulfilling the desires of…
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12 Short Prayer Principles
I recently read the book “Praying With Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation” by D.A. Carson. With each chapter, I jotted down one principle of roughly one sentence in length. These were not summary statements of the chapter, but rather they were my personal take aways, lessons I learned from…
Decision Making
It’s something we do every day. In the book of Acts, the church was faced with making a BIG decision–choosing a new Apostle. The picked Matthias. It’s very interesting how they did it. In this video, I talk about five facets incorporated into their decision making process. They are community,…
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Starting a Group
Are you part of a small group? Being part of a good, Christian small group, life group, or home fellowship, can be life-changing. We were not meant to do life alone. We need people to love us and we need people in our life that we can love. Christian small…