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Growing means transformation...but how?

I have been reading and re-reading 2 Cor 3 over and over again and I can't believe how rich this chapter is with the amazing Gospel and its application and significance for our lives as Christians.I...

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Knowing His grace = natural reproduction

While I was on vacation last week I spent time reading the Psalms.  In doing so I came to Psalm 51 and just couldn't stop reading it and dwelling on David's words.  He says some amazing things that...

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A Gospel Response to Abraham and Hagar

I was talking with someone in our church the other day and we got to the subject of Abraham and Hagar.  She asked me how to teach this so it wouldn’t be a “moralistic lesson on how to behave”.  It was...

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Learning from Linus - take a load off...

This is says it all.  If we don't have the right view or the correct view of the theology of the cross, we will never have peace of mind.  We will never have real peace and never have the questions of...

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Baby Steps, Baby Steps...is the Gospel?

In the hilarious movie, "What About Bob?", the lead character, Bob is a neurotic, crazy man who is afraid of everything...dirt, elevators, boats, and the list goes on and on.  Bob, played by Bill...

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He Was Invaded with the Gospel & Changed Only by the Gospel

In today's world - who would be the most vile person to you personally?  The one who just gets your stomach aching and heart rate jumping? The person who, in your deepest hiding places of your heart -...

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Finding the Gospel in Bowling!

Recently the youth of The Bridge went bowling.  It was a fun night as the group as able to come together after a great day of serving the needy in our community.  They were tired and ready for some...

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Learning to read all over again

I've had the opportunity to learn 4 languages.  Two of them, English and Spanish, I use almost everyday in conversation and "normal" communications.  The others (Greek and Hebrew) I learned in seminary...

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Slavery is Alive and We're the Slaves

This leads to slavery to your own perfection"What do you do with the person who says, I’ve asked God to forgive me, but I still feel guilty? A noted writer (RC Sproul I think) was asked once. 'Well, if...

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Give your guilt and shame away!

Guilt...Shame...it can hang onto us like glue after a woodworking project.  We try and peel it off or wash it off and no matter how much we try it's still there, and we want it gone!  We want the shame...

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Admit it...you really don't believe this!

Heb 10: 10 – 14: 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same...

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I'm Trying So Hard and Failing - And You're To Blame!

Does this resonate with you?  People don't live up to your expectations and so they disappoint you?  You expect them to do something and they don't do it according to the way you'd do it so you either...

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We Need All of Jesus!

When we fail to see or believe the benefits of being united with Christ, we tend to live lives that have less joy or we live in fear and ultimately not in a way God intended as His kids.  We are...

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Vertical & Horizonal - One Empowers the Other

An amazing thing is happening to me and hopefully to you as you read my blog posts or listen to my sermons (LINK) or more importantly read His Word  I am getting the Gospel more and more and it's going...

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Heaven Is Not Here Yet We Live Like It Is

If we knew we couldn’t lose the lottery, we had the winning numbers in advance – wouldn’t’ we bet “the house” on it?  Wouldn’t we “put our money where our mouth is?”  If the lottery were a sure thing,...

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How Do You Know If the Gospel Grips You?

How do you know you "have the Gospel"?  How do you know you're living in the Gospel and by the Gospel?  I think these are good questions to ask oneself and to really reflect on the answers.  In fact we...

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Peter and Suffering...It's Real and Unavoidable

There is a theme that has been thrust upon me lately.  I am reading “Glorious Ruin” by Tullian Tchividjian which walks us through the Gospel response to suffering and several dozen from our church (The...

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My Righteousness or His? One or the Other!

This morning while at one of the Community Groups from our church The Bridge, a bunch of men seated around some tables at McDonald's were studying Romans 10.  We only got as far as the 4th verse as we...

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Because He...

Because He owns it all - I own nothing I am just a steward for othersBecause He gave it all to me - I can give it all awayBecause He won everything - I can't lose so I can take risksBecause He gave me...

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Feeling guilty? Read this!

Do you hang onto guilt?  Do you have sin in your past you can't let go of or gnaws at your gut?  Are you trying to pay for this sin by "being good" or are you hiding from God?  Why?  Because you don't...

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