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  • Do We Believe in Limited or Unlimited Atonement, and Why?

    Do We Believe in Limited or Unlimited Atonement, and Why?

    Submit your questions using the contact form, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or LinkedIn This question was asked in response to something that someone either heard or read from Charles Swindoll. While I could not find anything that Swindoll said about unlimited atonement, it is clear that he is a proponent of the free grace view.…

  • Stump the Elders- June 2019 @ The Church at Sunsites

    Stump the Elders- June 2019 @ The Church at Sunsites

    Before we take time this morning to answer some questions, and I wish we could get to every question that was asked, I wanted to take a moment and orient our attention toward the Good Shepherd. As a body of elders, Scripture teaches that we are under-shepherds of God’s church. That simply means that we…

  • The Real Gift of Prophecy and the dangers of religions based on the word of a latter-day prophet

    The Real Gift of Prophecy and the dangers of religions based on the word of a latter-day prophet

    I remember being a youth and this girl in my youth group at church came up to me and said, “God wanted me to tell you…” I don’t remember what followed those words, but I do remember that it didn’t make any sense and nothing ever came from it. There are quite a few belief…

  • Does God Really Hold Us Accountable?

    Does God Really Hold Us Accountable?

    When I was doing ministry in Oklahoma City, I would drive once-a-week to a town called Slaughterville in Lexington County. Next to Slaughterville there was some beautiful land on which I would hunt. This is the same place where I experienced the squirrel-nado; that’s a different story. On this particular occasion, I was hunting coyotes.…

  • What Is Pastoral Care and Are There Bad Expectations in the Church?

    What Is Pastoral Care and Are There Bad Expectations in the Church?

    As a part of this current leadership series, we want to address the idea of pastoral care for our own benefit, self-examination, and so that we can know what the Biblical responsibilities of a pastor are regarding pastoral care. I think the concept of pastoral care is often abused. Pastoral care in the church could…

  • How Much Authority Does Satan Actually Have?

    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…

  • How Does Satan Use the Bible?

    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…

  • If God’s Love is Unconditional, why are there so many conditional statements in the Old Testament?

    If God’s Love is Unconditional, why are there so many conditional statements in the Old Testament?

    In chapter 3 of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus revealed that before beginning His preaching ministry, it was fitting to fulfill all righteousness. This was done in His baptism by John and it would be done in the Temptations. Tonight, we arrive at the first temptation. We will spend the whole night on this one temptation and…

  • Why Did Jesus Receive the Baptism of Repentance From John?

    Why Did Jesus Receive the Baptism of Repentance From John?

    Last week, we started this section of Matthew’s Gospel that we are referring to as the prelude to Jesus’ preaching ministry. John the Baptist taught some very significant things concerning the kingdom of heaven, which was at hand. As he is teaching, Jesus comes to be baptized by him. Matthew 3:13-17 Then Jesus arrived from…

  • What is the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord?

    What is the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord?

    In Matthew 3:1-4:11, we find Matthew’s prelude to Jesus’ public preaching ministry. In this prelude, the necessity of the true Gospel will be made evident and Matthew will take the opportunity to, once again, prove that Jesus is the fulfillment of national Israel. Matthew 3:1-12 Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in…