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“The Christian life is not a playground; it’s a battlefield.” I still remember the grey-bearded guest preacher who first spoke that sentence in a Bible college chapel service in the late 1980s. If you think the Christian life is a
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I’m a week behind everyone else in posting a “best of” last year, but here it is. TEN: 6 Reasons to Be a Faithful Member of a Local Church NINE: Exposing the Sin of Overeating EIGHT: What Is Sacrificial Giving?
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It sometimes comes as a surprise to Christians when they realize that Jesus did not get along with everyone, and that everyone did not get along with Jesus. The religious leaders were often at enmity against Him. Chiefly this is
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In order to know where you are in the Christian life you need to know where you have been and where you are going. To make progress in Christ you need to understand the three phases of salvation. If you
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NEW YEAR, O LORD,Length of days does not profit me except the days are passedin thy presence, in thy service, to thy glory.Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides, sustains,sanctifies, aids every hour,that I may not be one moment
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I will never forget the first time I sang Hark! the Herald Angels Sing as a genuine believer in Jesus Christ. It was Christmas 1984. I had been saved about seven months. Though I had sung the carol my whole
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Mankind’s need for a savior is universal. Each one of us lives in desperate need of someone to rescue us from the wages of our sin, which is eternal death (Romans 6:23). There is no exception. All have sinned and
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Loss comes in many forms: loss through the death of a spouse, child, or other loved one; loss of relationships through conflict, betrayal, estrangement, divorce, or a move across the country; loss of financial security due to business failure, foreclosure,
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Sometimes worship comes by way of weeping in the pew. When the broken enter the sanctuary of God on Sunday mornings, they do so, perhaps, with every fiber of their being tempting them to withdrawal. They drag their grief, depression,
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BCC 15:14 Podcast with Dr. Bob Somerville, author of If I’m a Christian, Why Am I Depressed? Depression is one of the “forbidden admissions” among many Bible believing Christians. Many suffer in silence for fear of rejection or, worse yet,
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When I was a sophomore in high school, I learned how to drive a car. After I passed the required driver’s education class that fall semester, I enrolled in the behind-the-wheel part of the training. Learning to drive my dad’s
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As grateful as we should be for the generosity and charitable giving of thousands of Americans on what has annually become known as #GivingTuesday, I am even more thankful for the New Testament pattern of faithfulness taught by the apostles
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Our culture is becoming increasingly confused about all matters related to sexuality and gender. And this confusion is slowly but surely creeping into otherwise solid churches and Christian homes. Now, more than ever, biblical clarity, conviction, and leadership on these
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“In everything give thanks” is God’s command to every believer (1 Thess. 5:18). We must be told this because by nature we are not thankful people. It is more natural for sinners like us to complain and be ungrateful. Regrettably,
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As a young mom I often wracked my brain at this time of year for just one more gift idea for my children that wasn’t toys or clothes. I got in the habit of giving them each a book at Christmas.
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What is anxiety? How do we turn from our fears to the Lord? And how do we fight against the anxieties that don’t seem to let up? These questions and more are answered in this podcast interview that I had
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PODCAST: Hope + Help for Pornography Addiction – Solid and really helpful counsel for Christian men and women from Deepak Reju. How to Read the Bible Better – Many of us started reading the Bible shortly after becoming Christians, but
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Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death. Proverbs 10:2 Many people dream of winning the lottery. In 2016, Americans spent over seventy billion dollars on lotteries alone. Total gambling losses in the United States are estimated
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
