Tag: paul
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Qualities of a Gospel-Driven Mission Work
The emergent movement is the clearest example today of what Paul calls in our text as an appeal that “[springs] from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive… with words of flattery,†all with the intention to please man and not to please God.” This is not any different from the “seeker-sensitive†movement that…
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Sermon Series on Biblical Mountains
Last year, from April 11 to November 7, 2010, I preached a series of sermons on Biblical Mountains. Join us in an exciting pilgrimage through redemptive history from the Garden of Eden in Genesis to Har-Magedon in Revelation, full of hills and valleys, rough and plain places, forests and deserts, blessings and afflictions.
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The Impact of Effective Witness
Therefore,we must never think that there is no justice. In this world, we frequently see that murderers, rapists, plunderers, liars, adulterers, thieves and robbers go scot-free. We become so furious when we see them get acquitted for crimes they obviously committed merely because of a technicality, political connections, or celebrity status. Isaiah 59:17-20; 1 Thessalonians…
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Thankful for a Church Faithful in the Last Days
Together with most of the other New Testament writers, Paul affirms that the last days were inaugurated in the first-century A.D. when Christ first came down from heaven. If this is true, then like the Thessalonians, we are to be equally steadfast and patient in our hope for Christ’s return. Isaiah 42:1-3; Acts 17:1-9; 1…