andrew paul cannon

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  • Fighting the Good Fight in Transitional Seasons: Notes from 1 Timothy 1:15-20

    Fighting the Good Fight in Transitional Seasons: Notes from 1 Timothy 1:15-20

    Love from a pure heart, good conscience, and sincere faith is the most important thing churches in transition should remember (1:3-7). Paul also warns about immoral men sneaking in and turning the churches toward fruitlessness and sin (1:8-11). At the end of his first chapter, Paul uses himself as an example—not because he is qualified…

  • The Abomination of Desolation

    The Abomination of Desolation

    Jesus’s disciples have asked when the end of the Temple will come, when will not one stone be left upon another? When will Christ judge Jerusalem? Jesus has already made it clear that the judgment upon Jerusalem will happen within their lifetimes (Matthew 23:36). He will repeat His timeframe in Matthew 24:34. He is revealing…

  • Daily Devotional: Romans 13:1-6

    Daily Devotional: Romans 13:1-6

    After Paul applies monergistic doctrine to the lives of people—insisting that Christians always consider others to be more important than themselves, do not seek retribution, but love and serve even their enemies, I’m sure there are some questions. There are questions when I teach those principles in our own day. What about justice? Are we…

  • Systemic Oppression and the Christian

    Systemic Oppression and the Christian

    Systemic oppression has taken many forms over the eons including tribalism, nationalism, racism, politicism, supremacism, victimism, social darwinism, etc… I have waited to address the issue of systemic oppression from the pulpit because we walk through the Scriptures and we had not yet approached a text that addressed the subject and I had no immediate…

  • What is The Synagogue of Satan in Revelation?

    What is The Synagogue of Satan in Revelation?

    Ask your questions on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or using the contact form on this blog. John addresses the second particular church in this discourse—the church in Smyrna. The church in Smyrna was experiencing persecution. This address follows the format of the first, excluding any indictment. Ephesus had left her first love; Smyrna has nothing…

  • Do You Wear Pressed Clothes Over Rotting Flesh?

    Do You Wear Pressed Clothes Over Rotting Flesh?

    Jesus is sending His apostles (missionaries) on their first short-term mission trip. He finishes His instruction in the final portion of Matthew 10. In this portion of Christ’s instruction, He warns His apostles about the world’s state of affairs and the nature of preaching the true Gospel in such a world. Though the explicit context…

  • Still Tying to Force Your Problems Into Submission?

    Still Tying to Force Your Problems Into Submission?

    I am going to mention a few things. If you struggle against any of these things, please know that you are not alone, here. We have people in our congregation who have been through some tough fights in their lifetimes. We do not wish to condemn or look down on anyone because of the fight…

  • What if We Really Believed the Storm Obeys Jesus?

    What if We Really Believed the Storm Obeys Jesus?

    Do you desire to see God work? I don’t know of any person who would answer this question with a “No.” Even the most sincere atheist would claim that if he or she could see God at work he would no longer be an atheist. Of course we desire to see God work! In the…

  • What If The State Removes Our Religious Freedom?

    What If The State Removes Our Religious Freedom?

    Submit your questions on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or by using the contact form on this blog. If our religious freedoms are taken in the United States in our day, they will be taken under the guise of ending discrimination, which even most religious people would say is a noble agenda. After all, we are now…

  • When Will God Set Things Right?

    When Will God Set Things Right?

    After John addressed the seven churches in Asia specifically, he describes a great scene around God’s throne. He describes the glorious worship of God by all of creation. In the context of this worship, a book is presented before the assembly and no one is found worthy to open its seals. In a courtroom setting…