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I was an only child. I’ve always been friendly, but I’ve only had a few close friends. I was always fine with doing my own thing. It isn’t that I don’t like people at all. Many growing up would have called me their friend simply because I was friendly to everyone, but I wouldn’t have
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The providence of God and the prayers of the saints are not at odds with each other. There is no contradiction in believing in the absolute providence of God (God’s authority, ability, and activity to achieve His eternal plans for His eternal pleasure) and prayer. In last week’s study, we covered this issue briefly. Many
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Many Christians today have their thinking all wrong. Some believers have become fatalist in thinking that God’s providence means that it doesn’t matter what they think, do, go, or say because it is all up to providence. Then, others view God’s providence over the daily affairs of life as mere coincidences. Perhaps others wonder what
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Throughout human history, man has asked the important questions, “Who are we? Why are we here? What’s the meaning of life?” Many today live without purpose because they don’t know their purpose. Every major industry or company has a purpose statement. Some are simple and direct. Other companies seek to inspire or motivate. No matter
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Hope is a funny thing. We all want it, but somehow the more we want it or need it we can’t find it. The Bible speaks much about hope. As believers we have in our possession the hope of eternity based on the gospel, grace, and glory of Jesus Christ. True hope is a confident
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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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