We serve a great God!

Our Great GodTodd Agnew and Rebecca St. JamesEternal God, unchangingMysterious and unknownYour boundless love, unfailingIn grace and mercy shownBright seraphim in ceaseless flight around Your glorious throneThey raise their voices day and night in praise to You aloneHallelujah, Glory be to our great GodLord, we are weak and frailHelpless in the stormSurround us with Your angelsHold us in Your armsOur...

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The 5 pillars of our Youth Group

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The Practice of Preaching

Friday--PreachingSaturday--PreachingSunday--PreachingTuesday--Preaching = Busy week1 Timothy 4:13-15 13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. 14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. 15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed...

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The 2 most important things for the president of my seminary to say on TV

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I really appreciate James MacDonald

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You ready to meet the LORD?

I'm studying for a series of sermons I'm giving on the Second Coming. We have finally reached the climax in the book of Revelation as our youth group has traversed through the whole book with me!I am struck with the normality of life which was going on at the time of the flood (Gen 6:5ff). Yet, God suddenly destroyed the world (all of it!) and those who lived on the world except for Noah, his family,...

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Centrality of God in Jesus Christ in NT Theology

From Tom Schreiner's recent New Testament Theology:“The purpose of life is to honor God, though again, John insists that Godcannot be honored if Jesus Christ is not honored (John 5:23). The purpose ofevery life is to honor God in Christ, which fits, of course, with the majorthesis that I put forth in this book [“the centrality of God in Christ is thefoundational theme for the narrative unfolded in...

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Biblical history questioned?

It's said when so many OT scholars today question the historicity of the biblical accounts. In fact, would it be an overstatement to say that "most" scholars question Iron Age Israel? Can the biblical account speak for itself and be authoritative enough to lay the foundation upon which everything else...

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Long for the return of Jesus

I was a privileged man today. I had the great opportunity of visiting a friend in the hospital. If there could be a man who talked too much about heaven--this would be the guy! Every time I see him (literally!) he reminds me that we will, one day (soon!), be with the King of kings and Lord of lords! He always speaks of being in Glory and seeing our Savior face to face and worshipping him without any...

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Christian College Profs In Support of Obama?

Really? Can this be true?According to a recent poll taken at Covenant College, it is true.Specifically, a blog stating the matter says:After the above, no one will be shocked to find out thirty-five percent ofCovenant's faculty members say they're likely to vote for Senator Obama. That'sone third of the faculty supporting the presidential candidacy of the most radically pro-baby slaughter politician...

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Jesus is the Sovereign King

Here's a quote with which I'm concluding my sermon on Revelation 19:1-10 by the old 19th century preacher, George Livingstone Robinson:Let us picture to ourselves that celestial coronation scene. Jesus our Kingseated on the throne of heaven, surrounded with glory, His kingdom universal,His enemies under...

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Spurgeon on the preaching of the Word of God

Ah, my dear friends, we want nothing in these times for revival in theworld but the simple preaching of the gospel. This is the great batteringram that shall dash down the bulwarks of iniquity. This is the great lightthat shall scatter the darkness. We need not that men should be adoptingnew schemes and new plans. We are glad of the agencies and assistancewhich are continually arising; but after...

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The kingdom of God

Here's my quote for the day:There is a clear progression [in human history] toward a goal. The goal isthe consummation of the kingdom of God, in which human beings glorify God byexercising rule over this planet in his name and by serving and enjoying himforever. The glory of God is the highest of all ends and purposes (Larry R.Helyer, Yesterday, Today, and Forever [Salem, WI: Sheffield, 1996],25...

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Union with Christ

I love Galatians 2:20:"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, butChrist lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faithin the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."Indeed, the Christian believer possesses an ideal completeness in Christ....

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Preachers need to learn from meteorologists

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Do you the youth have it in 'em?

Well, I'm off to six flags tonight to see if my youth group can hang upside-down with their youth pastor. Yes, you are reading my intended meaning; I intend to go on the roller-coasters that go upside-down over and over and over again! Can they handle ...

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A reminder of the gospel

The GospelI want to be quick to follow yesterday's post with the gospel truth that you can be saved from hell. Here is a simple reminder from Ephesians 2:1-10 that the Gospel is the greatest news one could ever hear!1. We are dead in sin (1-3)Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 inwhich you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according tothe prince...

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A reminder regarding eternity

Let us not forget that we stand at the edge of eternity. Whenever God sovereignly chooses to end one's life, we must bear in mind that heaven (for some) and hell (for most) are closer than we may think.I heard read this quote today and it gripped me. If you read it and it doesn't make you stop and think: read it over again--and again."Religion inflames the imaginations of men with a good opinion of...

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Abortion is a God-issue

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