Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jul 11, 2001
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In other words, we begin our Christian life in God’s grace, and then quickly abandon grace, and try to live our life, and almost to continue to earn our salvation, - by what we do, by our works.
Author Jerry Bridges puts it like this: "We tend to give an unbeliever just enough of the gospel to get
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Sep 24, 2001
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"The moment we begin to tread upon the thin ice of our own abilities, we have traveled beyond the realm of God’s
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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Let me begin by telling you a story about a little girl that pretty well sums what I’m talking about here. A little girl was reading on an airplane when the man beside her noticed her storybook, entitled, "Jonah and the Whale." The man asked if the little girl believed the story. So, after saying
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The story begins in the late 1980s when Thomas Muthee and his wife returned from Scotland to Nairobi, Kenya. He was serving as an itinerant evangelist and his wife as a school teacher. In 1988, the Lord spoke to him in a time of prayer and said, "I want you to plant a church in Kiambu."
Numerous
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Whenever a man begins to doubt himself, he does something so
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The longer I live, the more I begin to grasp that our choice in life is never between pain and no pain. It is rather a choice between enduring it and using it. And God, in His
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Several years ago, as I was just beginning my serious study for ministry, I became friends with a woman about my own age, and in similar circumstances. She was a single mother of two middle school age boys. She wanted the best she could provide for her children…as we all do. Through several
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 1, 2008
Mary begins by telling God that she praises Him from the depths of her soul. I learned a long time ago, when I was minoring in music in college, that there are different ways that we can sing with our voices.
A person can sing in their throats. That’s not recommended because it tends to be a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others
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