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Live Bible Study Tonight- Philippians Two, Ode to Joy

Tonight we continue our study, considering chapter two of the book of Philippians. All are welcome to our home at 7 est, or you may join us for dinner at 6:15. We will also stream the study at Facebook, RC-Lisa … Continue reading

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Joy in All Times, All Places, All Circumstances

Just because someone says you’re guilty of something doesn’t mean you are. The world is swift to lay a charge that we are “judgmental.” They do so any time we seek to remind them of what God says about this … Continue reading

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What are the “high places” in the church today?

As one reads through the history of Judah and Israel it is hard to miss the truth that Judah was blessed with many more good kings than their neighbors to the north. Often, however, these good kings do not escape … Continue reading

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No Accounting- The Glory of His Law Story

There’s no accounting for taste. Or to put it another way, the taste has reasons that reason knows not of. We like what we like, and we don’t like having to explain it. Which is why postmodernism fits us so … Continue reading

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Turning the Mirror Around, Hiding From the Ugly

Not only do we remain, in ourselves, sinners, when by His grace we are declared to be saints, but we tend to be, after being born again, repenting and being indwelt by the Spirit, the same kind of sinners we … Continue reading

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Courage- Our Failure as His Kings and Queens

It is a phenomena we’re all too familiar with. Jack, or Jill, having been pillars of their high school communities, serving as leaders at the church youth group, head off to college. There they head off a cliff, spiritually speaking. … 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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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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Resenting Grace: Parable of the Miserly Son

It is counter-intuitive, but nevertheless, there it is. We all, from time to time, take offense when grace is offered to us. We all, even more of the time, take offense when grace is offered to others. Two different circumstances, … Continue reading

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