Category Archives: Biblical Doctrines

News You Can Use- Upcoming Events from Dunamis

We have three important updates we thought it important to share with you. First, next Sunday, September 8 we celebrate a grand re-opening of Sovereign Grace Fellowship as we move into our own building. We meet at 10:30 AM Sundays … Continue reading

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Is there one true church? How do we recognize it?

Yes, Virginia, there is. The true church is made up of all those churches that confess the true faith. We can divide the true church into the visible church and the invisible. The former contains all those who have a … Continue reading

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The Perseverance of the Saints, A Love Story

“And to forsake all others, till death do us part.” One would think, that with the decades-old trend in the broader culture of “personal marriage vows,” wherein husband and wife fill in the blanks and speak their own words, that … Continue reading

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Not Worthy to Be Compared- Here to Eternity

We all know we are called to walk by faith and not by sight (II Cor. 5:7). What we often don’t know is how terrible we are at it. We tend to think of it as the ability to believe … Continue reading

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Summer Re-run of Jesus Changes Everything

I’m still working on putting together new podcasts. In the meantime here’s one from last year that I think many of you may have missed. Gardening, Reformed turf wars and more. Give a listen and hear what you’ve been missing. … Continue reading

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Believers’ Loving Response to Sexual Confusion

I suspect one of the reasons that the opposition to sodomy that was once the default position of all professing Christians is in such retreat says more than we suspect. We’re now being encouraged to be silent on the issue, … Continue reading

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Should we take up an offering during worship?

It was likely the most surreal thing I’ve ever witnessed at a worship service. Not surprisingly it happened on a Sunday morning at the Orlando Convention Center. My esteemed father was scheduled to preach at this service in conjunction with … Continue reading

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Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound, Given To All Around

Perhaps the most subtle verbal sleights of hand are acts of equivocation. We commit equivocation when we use one word, but with two different meanings. We make the change so quickly we miss the palmed meaning, and are made fools. … Continue reading

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Hearts, Heads and Hands, Knees and Toes, Knees and Toes

Much ink has been spilled over the centuries over what constituent parts make up man. Not a man, but man. It took us until the 21st century to get confused over what a man is. What man is, on the … Continue reading

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Dominion- Reigning for the Glory of Our King

I’m not in the habit of citing Karl Barth favorably, but when you’re right you’re right. Counter-intuitively, but insightfully Barth considers the sin of sloth to be on par with the sin of pride. We are prone to it, and … Continue reading

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