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How to change, part five
How can I change? Over the past several posts we have been looking at a couple of very important principles that we need to embrace if we are going to actually change. First, we need to want to. And, what's more…
How to change, part four
I don’t know how you feel when someone says they want to talk about holiness, but I can imagine there are many people who don't get excited about this subject, because they think of holiness as something that’s almost oppressive…
How to change, part three
One big problem many people have when they come for counseling is that they don't know how big their problems really are. It’s not just that we have these little issues in our life…
God is Enough for the Church
"The power of God alone is sufficient to preserve the Church, and there is no need of other helps. For he (in Zechariah 4) sets the Spirit of God in opposition to all earthly aids; and thus he proves that God borrows no help for the preservation of his Church, because he abounds in all blessings to enrich it…
How to Change, part two
You’ll never really change until you grieve over your sin. And you’ll never really grieve over your sin until you see yourself for who you are. And you’ll never really see yourself for who you are, until you’ve first looked upon God’s face…
Enjoying Church without a New Heart
It takes a work of God for someone to love Jesus.But it does not take a saving work of God for a person to enjoy coming to church and singing and being with other people and listening to someone speak about God's Word…
The Church's Task: Entertainment or Evangelization?
"Jesus pitied sinners, pleaded with them, sighed over them, warned them, and wept over them; but never sought to amuse them. When the evening shadows of his consecrated life were deepening into the night of death…
Grace is Scary
What do you think is the most fear producing thing God has ever done? In other words, if you want to motivate yourself to fear God, what would you say is the one thing you should think about that is most likely to do that? I am not sure I have the final answer to that…
Sin and the local church, part 3
In Matthew 18, Jesus gives us some steps which we must follow as church members when we personally know another member of the church is disobeying God's Word and isn't doing anything about it…