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The Message of the Reformation

Romans 3 v 21 – 26 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it– 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and…

The Malady, Means and Motive of Narcissism

2 Timothy 3 v 1 – 5 1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen…

The Reality of the Spiritual Battle

Matthew 12:22-32 22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to Him, and He healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only…

The Christian Response to Suffering

2 Timothy 1:12 12 … I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. (ESV) We need clear Conviction and clear Courage in this difficult time. The Apostle…

Thinking Biblically about Discouragement

Nehemiah 4:6-14 6 So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. 7 But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and…

Your vantage point determines your vision

Psalm 73 1. Asaph’s education taught him that:a. God blesses His people.b. God blesses the pure in heart. 2. Asaph’s experience messed up what he learned.  3. Asaph was confused about the sinner:a. Their prosperityb. Their peacec. Their pleasured. Their pridee. Their progress. When we view things from the wrong vantage point we end up…

The Compassion of our LORD Jesus Christ

Compassion is a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering. It’s a humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. The word as it’s used in the Bible means ‘to be moved inwardly, to yearn with tender mercy, affection, pity and empathy’. 1. The origins of our…