Tag: teaching the Bible
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How Much Authority Does Satan Actually Have?
In the prelude to Jesus’ public preaching ministry, He has been led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. Tonight we will observe the third and final wilderness temptation. As we work through the text and consider Matthew’s (and Jesus’) use of the Old Testament, we will ask this…
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How Does Satan Use the Bible?
Last week, we read about the first temptation that Jesus experienced in the wilderness and we saw that the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness for the particular reason of being tempted, which was fitting to fulfill all righteousness (we talked about what this meant two weeks ago). This week, we will read about…
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An Open Letter To Muslim and Christian Parents
Today as I was writing a link came across my Twitter feed and, though I would not usually click on a link like this one, I did. For some reason I clicked it and read the article. The link took me on a journey through the land of muslimmatters.org to an article that described Allah…
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Check out my new book!
Wednesday, I received the first copy of my new book, It’s An Every Day Thing. The book is all about discipleship. Here is the introduction: Twenty-first century American Christianity is one of the most individualistic entities on the face of the planet. We attend meetings in the church house only to hear from God…