Sin and Pentecost

Sin and Pentecost

Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday. It was also the day in which our sermon series on Matthew 18 brought us to the issue of having our sin confronted (Matthew…

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Kingdom Gain

Kingdom Gain

The Gospel of Matthew is broken up into five discourses. The fourth discourse, which is found in eighteenth chapter, is often called the Discourse on…

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

I have a confession to make. I have always struggled over the way we talk about thanksgiving (the attitude, not the holiday). I am not…

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The Gift of Darkness

The Gift of Darkness

Satisfaction versus hunger, it is one of Scripture’s many paradoxes. On the one hand, there is a certain satisfaction or contentment that we are expected…

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Purity of Heart

Purity of Heart

Sometimes everything you know, love, and remember about a poerson can be summed up in one picture. A moment frozen in time that speaks continually…

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Consider the Cost

Consider the Cost

It is a dreaded topic. It is probably not preached enough. And when it is preached I rarely leave feeling very good about the overall…

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There's Something About Mary

There’s Something About Mary

Emily recently wrote about Mary the mother of Jesus as a type of Christ carrier for all of us to model ourselves after. There are…

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Verify

Verify

As I have mentioned before, my Grandpa was a gregarious and boisterous coal-miner-turned-Pentecostal-preacher from the Appalachian mountains. There was nothing subtle about him. He would…

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Rest and the Other R-word

Rest and the Other R-word

When we arrive at the Sermon on the Mount we are only a few chapters into the New Testament. Leading up to the sermon we…

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