christianity
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The letter to the church at Rome is the magnum opus of the gospel, grace, and glory of Jesus Christ. Paul presents to us the systematic and practical theology of the gospel throughout the entirety of the letter. Within the contents of this letter, we can see man’s guilt (1-3), God’s grace in the gospel
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If you’re reading this then I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that last week’s study only made it through one verse. The good news is that this week we’ll pick it back up again to prayerfully finish preaching on Christian liberty this Sunday. As we have seen throughout the practical
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The whole point of Christian liberty and living is to look to the Lord Jesus Christ to behold His grace and glory in the gospel. As Paul finishes off this major section on Christian liberty, he reminds us that the point of focus of our individual liberty is the corporate good of the church (both
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“With great power comes great responsibility” said Uncle Ben. No, not the rice guy. Uncle Ben is Peter Parkers’ uncle who imparts these words of wisdom as Peter aka Spiderman begins to learn to use his newfound abilities for good. Having power does indeed come with great responsibility. There is a burden that comes with
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During World War II, the Americans had to travel by mass produced ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific to get to their place of landing, fighting, and liberating through hard fought battles to come. The journey in the Atlantic was a particularly difficult task as many ships had been attacked by German U-boats. To
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We are an individualized society both in and out of the local church. We are self-focused in all areas of life. “What’s in it for me? What about what I want?” These are the questions that are asked by everyone everywhere. Sadly, when this takes place in the local church divisions arise. Needless divisions. Our
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I like what I like, and you like what you like. We don’t always like the same thing, so can we still like each other? If we love someone with a true biblical love, we are able to love them even when they don’t like everything exactly as we do. Now, as we have covered
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Have you ever had to agree to disagree with someone you were close to? I’m certain you have. Have you ever had to let go of a friendship or relationship because there was a major disagreement worthy of division? Probably so. Not all disagreements need to end in division, but all disagreements must have a
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The brand of mayonnaise that you prefer says a lot about you. If you, like myself, prefer Duke’s mayo then you are godly, humble, and intelligent. If you prefer Hellman’s then you are trying, but you just aren’t quite there yet. If you prefer or even use on occasion the atrocity called Miracle Whip, then
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In the ending passage of this chapter of Romans, Paul is urgently calling all believers to wake up, look up, clean up, and dress up. We have seen that there is danger afoot and the battle is at hand. It is no longer time to slumber because the Lord Jesus Christ is soon returning for
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