Celebrating the Lord!

JOGL has turrned 4 years old today and we did not celebrate it in an outwardly ostentatious way. We peeled away every appearance of what people normally would think of how anniversaries are held; no special numbers, no drama skits, no big band or sumptuous dinner table, guests, etc. No, we decided only for the what is [...]

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Call A Spade, Spade

JOHN 1:9-13

9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, [...]

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Quote from Ralph Venning (1621–1674)

The sinfulness of sin not only appears from, but consists in this, that it is contrary to God. Indeed, it is contrariety and enmity itself. Carnal men, or sinners are called by the name of enemies to God (Romans 5.8 with 10; Colossians 1.21); but the carnal mind or sin is called enmity itself (Romans [...]

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Our Jealous God

A group of Christian music ministers in south-eastern Luzon, Philippines have formed a group to test choruses currently used in worship services. Much of these songs are contemporary, comprising of few short verses that are repeated a couple of times or as much as the song leader would like to repeat them for reasons that only [...]

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Quote from Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)

In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight… He who would be safe from acts of evil must haste away from occasions of it. A covenant must be made with our eyes not even to look upon the cause of temptation, for such sins only need a spark to [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 3 – Our Lord of Power and Might

Ephesians 6:10 – ‘Be strong in the Lord…’ – “Endunamousthe en Kairos” in Greek. A sampling of the root verb endunamoo in the New Testament is listed below to give us an idea how it is used in the Scriptures:

Acts 9:22 – But Saul increase all the more in strength…
Phil 4:13 – I can do [...]

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Quote from D. A. Carson

Brothers and sisters in Christ,  when we merely assume the Gospel, we are only one generation of denying it.  The Gospel is never something to be assumed.  It is never something to be mastered so that you can then move on, it is what must master us.  And all of its ramifications, all of its [...]

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A Gospel-less Gospel

And the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.”
-Jeremiah 14:14
 

The Good News According to Rob Bell http://www.viddler.com/explore/GoodNewsTo/videos/12/
Rob Bell is the [...]

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When The Shoe Fits

I realize that I may never be like many of the teachers whom I respect especially those who have spent a lifetime of formal biblical studies and ministry. Couple this with every Christian post in WordPress alone and I sometimes begin to think why in the world the electronic media would need another blogger like [...]

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Let No One Deceive You In Any Way

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5

Now  concerning  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  our  being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the [...]

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