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Save me, oh Lord, for the pain of life is breaking me!The bitterness of my soul has made me forget the sweetness of your living water. My heart dreads to take its next beat, death seems as good as life to me, and I look for truth in the lie that pain could be masked in […]
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As far as ministry-applicable lessons are concerned, Jesus’ upper room discourse (John 13-17) hits the ground running with the first pericope – Jesus’ washing of the disciple’s feet. (John 13:1-20. As we see Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords, humble Himself in service to His followers, I cannot think of my own ministry
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The prelude to John’s gospel is amazing, showing such Christological depth. Here are my 10 (+1) Christological truths that we can glean from John’s prelude: Jesus was present before creation 1:1-2 Jesus was the Primary agent of Creation 1:3 Jesus is a part of the Trinity 1:2 Jesus is the bringer of life 1:4 Jesus
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Just wanted to give a quick note on the biggest impact that the prophets have on my life. And that is how they shed light on the longsuffering mercy and faithfulness of God. I often hear God described di-chromatically. People like to juxtapose the God of the new testament with that of the old, and
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You could place me in the Lordship salvation camp – one who believes that if Christ is your savior, He is also your Lord. And if He is your Lord, your life will demonstrate a pattern of repentance and obedience to His Law (Mt 7:32). So, I have difficulty classifying my own spiritual journey. From
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Last night the Douds and our new friend Jordan (from Living Faith) made it down to the park for a bit of evangelism and we were all very blessed by our time sharing the gospel. After speaking with a couple of groups of people we stopped to pray (something we normally do before and after,
Thursday night was a blessedly fruitful night of evangelism. Thank you everyone who stopped by to encourage and to help out! The booth was hopping all night.It has been my experience that the Lord will often, by His grace, encourage those new to evangelism with an extra bountiful harvest their first times out, and this
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Despite the oppressive heat, we had a great time spreading the gospel at Moore park. It was very encouraging to see Sarah, Aaron, and Malea so passionate about speaking hard truths seasoned with love…to complete strangers. This Thursday may have been the best gospel day I’ve ever seen. By God’s grace, preaching the good news
Hot July Evangelism Read More »
Evangelism at veteran’s park is an emotional experience. There is such a manifest darkness as it’s location attracts people from the strata of society most impacted by the consequences of sin. We always end up talking with people tormented by these realities and hearing their tragic stories is heartbreaking. We started our evening talking with
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Last night was a good reminder that our immediate feelings about the effectiveness of our service to the Lord are not a good indication of the work that He is doing. As we started knocking on doors last night, we began with a long string of rejections and failures – which was especially discouraging after
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