Tag: how to have
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Real Prayer VS. Cheap Religious Substitutes
In the previous section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), we saw that Jesus addressed six popular teachings that were contrary to the actual message of the Old Testament after committing verbally to remaining faithful to the Old Testament Scriptures. The major way in which the Old Testament was misused, according to Jesus’…
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Real Prayer VS. Cheap Religious Substitutes
In the previous section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), we saw that Jesus addressed six popular teachings that were contrary to the actual message of the Old Testament after committing verbally to remaining faithful to the Old Testament Scriptures. The major way in which the Old Testament was misused, according to Jesus’…
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The Simple Gospel
The Gospel is simple. Nicodemus, a religious man who was intrigued by Jesus’ ministry, visited Jesus in secret and Jesus taught him what salvation was. You can read this story in John 3:1-21. When we read the text for what it is, we notice a few things about salvation. There was a man from the…
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Ministry Update, making disciples… and releasing them
I remember sitting with a couple friends, Andrew (a different Andrew) and Cody, dreaming about what kind of ministry we could have while in college. Of course, I was prideful- bent on building a kingdom for myself on Christ’s name. No dream that we voiced there would ever come to pass. God would not provide…
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Source of True Hope
When I was fifteen, I started driver’s education. Everyone wanted to get through the coursework so that we could start driving. During the coursework portion of the program, I had such a hope for what could be. Eventually, test time came around and I passed! I gave my time and energy, suffered through the sometimes…
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Hopelessness: why church is deeper than music
We are strugglers. Sometimes we struggle financially. Sometimes we struggle emotionally. Sometimes we struggle in relationships. We struggle to do what is right. We struggle to arrive at truth. We struggle against addictions. We struggle against sin. We struggle to share with others. We struggle to be a part of something that matters. We struggle…