Tag: living sacrifice
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The Safest Place to Be
Physical safety is something we worry about on this earth and in this life. Why? Because we are mere mortals. In AD 165, smallpox ravaged the Roman Empire (Antonine Plague) and did so for the succeeding fifteen years, killing one-third of the population. It was followed by another epidemic that was just as deadly in…
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Living Sacrifice? Contradiction, don’t you think?
As we’ve walked through Romans together, Paul has made God’s sovereignty and the Lordship of Christ the forefront of the conversation. From Him and through Him and to Him are all things. This truth has a great impact on the way that we live and the way that we exist as a local church on…
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What our world actually needs
In this world, we will give our lives to something. We will give our lives to education, to work, to family, to accomplishing our hopes and dreams. We might give our lives to our hobbies, to comfort, to money, to religion, to ideals or movements. We discovered previously that Christ actually desires that we be…
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Okay to Sacrifice?
There was a young man who planned on going to college and getting a degree that would earn him a six-figure income once he found a job. $100-300K/year is a lot of money. This young man felt God calling him to do something different with his life and to give up his dream. He did…
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Rebellion: Chapter 2
The Return Zeph’s older brother, Michael Denton Payton, had always been a major influence on his life. In fact, the reason that Zeph had been so affluent about the hypocrisy within the Church was because his older brother was sure to tell of his own experience. Michael turned away from Christianity in December of 2007.…