Tag: gospel
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Project Gospel
Over the course of the last year, I have been honored by several people abroad who have asked me to come speak at pastor’s conferences and local churches—from India to Kenya to Pakistan. Each time I had to decline because I have a local church here in the United States I get to invest my…
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Meet Rajib
The Hebrona Rescue Mission in Odisha cares for 40 orphans and is always in need of food, clothing, medicine, education, shelter, and other necessities. Pastor Rajib is focusing his efforts to care for those under his charge, plant churches, and reach Indians with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pastor Rajib works with a network of…
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The Seven Trumpets in Revelation
In Chapter 5, verse 1, we saw a book sealed so that no one could open it. We yearned to know the contents of the book. Finally, we get to see what is inside. In today’s passage, Jesus breaks the final seal, and the book falls open to reveal the judge’s just judgment in response…
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Bitterness: A Festering Wound
A wound, when it is untreated, festers and infects the whole body; Such is the case with Saul’s envy and bitterness toward David. Such is the case, I fear, with many of our own suspicions, hurts, and bitternesses. Over the past few weeks, we have seen David and Jonathan plan how they might discern Saul’s…
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Law vs. Gospel: An Unnecessary Conflict
There is a church I know that is still meeting even though it’s bad for the people in our current COVID-19 season. What’s worse, they are making people feel bad about not going. They preach and teach that a person is saved by grace, but must do something. Every Fundamental Baptist Church I have engaged…
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Given the chance, how would you impact this dying world?
… the sad reality is that most people who desire to impact the world simply spend most of their time arguing, and most of the time without any effectiveness or weight. So many people want to leave their mark on the world so badly that they don’t care whether or not that mark is a…
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I Am a Reject, will you join me?
I have experienced more rejection on this earth in ministry than doing anything else. Rejection, it seems, simply comes with being a pastor and trying to not only preach God’s word well, but to live and to operate by it. We fear rejection. We want people to like us. This is what causes so many…
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A Mission for Us!
The Gospel is a great light in this dark world and Christ has called us to share it. It is our mission as people of God and our mission as a local church. One reason I am so proud to be Southern Baptist is because, as a denomination, we hold mission work as a very…
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A Thought on Culture to Bring in the New Year
As 2015 begins, I think about the culture around us and the need people, who are immersed within that culture, have for the freedom that we have in Jesus Christ. People everywhere cry out for freedom and very few find it. Within Christianity, we know the source of true freedom. His name is Jesus…
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Self Sufficiency, Stewardship and the Gospel
Consider these words, written by King Solomon in Proverbs, chapter 12 and verse 27, “A lazy man doesn’t roast his game, but to a diligent man, his wealth is precious.”[1] These words imply that a lazy man chooses not to provide for himself, wastes resources and acts without purpose while a man who is not…