09 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Demons are watching

Demons are watching

Image via Wikipedia Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 ESV …he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:6-7 ESV [...]

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08 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Dancing with demons

Dancing with demons

Image by gilderic via Flickr Religious Showtime Nearly every Wednesday night of my formative years was spent in an hour-long prayer meeting.  There some would pray aloud, some would kneel on the floor, and some would sit silently.  Prayer requests were shared as sanctified gossip. Seldom did requests broach personal barriers: my sin, my pain, [...]

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29 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Spurgeon on spiritualizing texts

Spurgeon on spiritualizing texts

Image via Wikipedia Within limit, my brethren, be not afraid to spiritualize or to take singular texts.  Continue to look out passages of Scripture, and not only give their plain meaning, as you are bound to do, but also draw from them meanings which may not lie upon their surface.  … Do not drown yourself [...]

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26 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

You belong to two churches

You belong to two churches

This is a little table I worked up for this coming Sunday, talking about vision for our church.  It is incredibly important that we begin to understand the difference between “going to church” and “being the church.” If you attend a church this Sunday, you actually participate in two churches. The truth is we are [...]

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