The Biblical Truth About Homosexuality, PART 3. Providing Biblical Answers to the LGBT Claims.

The Biblical Truth About Homosexuality, Part 3 Providing Biblical Answers to the LGBT Claims A few days ago, I began a brief series of blogs answering Wilson Cruz' statements on the CNN interview with Al Mohler last week following up the Duck Dynasty stir. LINK to video/interview: http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/19/duck-debate-bigotry-vs-belief/...

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The Biblical Truth About Homosexuality, PART 2. Providing Biblical Answers to the LGBT Claims.

Yesterday, I began a series answering Wilson Cruz' statements on the CNN interview with Al Mohler last week following up the Duck Dynasty stir. LINK to video/interview: http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/19/duck-debate-bigotry-vs-belief/ Interview on December 19, 2013 Wilson Cruz, national...

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The Biblical Truth About Homosexuality: Duck Dynasty Revisited. Providing Biblical Answers to Homosexual Claims

THE BIBLICAL TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY Duck Dynasty Revisited Providing Biblical Answers to the Homosexual Claims Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church LINK to video/interview: http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/19/duck-debate-bigotry-vs-belief/ Interview on December...

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Prayer

Thomas Watson: Prayer works for good. Prayer is the bellows of the affections; it blows up holy desires and ardours of soul. Prayer has power with God. 'Command ye me' (Isa 45.11). It is a key that unlocks the treasury of God's mercy. Prayer keeps the heart open to God, and shut to sin; it assuages the intemperate heart and the swellings of lust. From Thomas Watson, All Things For Good, 19....

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Election

Good note on sovereign election/effectual calling by Tom Schreiner: "[Election] is not merely an invitation that human beings can reject, but it is a summons that overcomes human resistance & effectually persuades them to say yes to God." SOURCE: Tom Schreiner, Romans, BECNT, 4...

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Halt Your Immorality Before It Begins!

HALT YOUR IMMORALITY BEFORE IT BEGINS...Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church What I endeavor to promote in this essay is God-glorifying and Christ-satisfying sexual purity. In writing this, I hope to show that adultery (=immorality) does not begin when the act occurs. That final act...

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A Preacher's Monday: Hard, Heavy & Heavenly

A Preacher’s Monday: Hard, Heavy & HeavenlyGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church He woke up and found that he feels a bit tired — more tired than usual. Last night he had an ‘event’ take place. Truly it was more than an event — it was a supernatural experience. God spoke through...

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The great benefit of open-air preaching.

The great benefit of open-air preaching... The great benefit of open-air preaching is that we get so many newcomers to hear the gospel who otherwise would never hear it. The gospel command is, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature," but it is so little obeyed that one would imagine that it ran thus, "Go into your own place of worship and preach the gospel to the...

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The Conclusion to a Sermon: Pleading for a Decision!

Excellent model of pleading, exhorting, compelling & persuading by the great Prince of Preachers, Charles Spurgeon: I fear that some of you, seeing ye have never come and put your trust in Christ, will have to say, when your time comes to die, what Wolsey is said to have declared, with only...

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Pursue Hospitality! A Christian Virtue for All Believers.

Pursue Hospitality! A Christian Virtue for All Believers. BOOK:Alexander Strauch, The Hospitality Commands: Building Loving Christian Community, Building Bridges to Friends and Neighbors. Littleton, CO: Lewis & Roth, 1993.SELECTED QUOTES FROM THE BOOK:To understand Christian love, we must look...

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The greatness of God's mercy.

Charles Spurgeon comments on Psalm 57:10: Psalm 57:10 For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds. It is not said merely that it is high as heaven, but great unto the heavens. It is high as the heavens, over-topping the greatest sin, and highest thought of man. It is wide as the far-reaching sky, compassing men of all ages, countries, classes, etc. It is deep. Everything...

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The Mission, Pillars & Vision of Christ Fellowship Bible Church

In December, during the 4:00pm Family Bible Hour, we plan to have a 5-part series reviewing, remembering, and exhorting us as to our duties and mission at Christ Fellowship Bible Church. DECEMBER 1 - The Mission of CFBC (who are we & what are we to do) DECEMBER 8 - The Vision of CFBC (where...

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A missing doctrine in the church today: the sufficiency of Scripture.

From a recent article I wrote on a missing doctrine in the church today: the sufficiency of Scripture: The Word of God makes the man of God adequate — thoroughly equipped — for every good work (2 Tim 3.17). The Bible makes the radical yet undeniably accurate claim that it sanctifies the man of God....

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The Christian's Duty in Life. Be Working!

Sleep not in harvest-time; do not trifle away your golden seasons; you have much work to do in a short time. You have a God to honor, a Christ to rest on, a race to run, a crown to win, a hell to escape, a heaven to obtain. You have weak graces to strengthen, strong corruptions to weaken;...

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Why the man of God in the ministry of the Word must be sexually pure.

Why the man of God in the ministry of the Word must be sexually pure Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church 1. To represent Jesus Christ—the Chief Shepherd—faithfully. A minister of the Word recognizes that he serves first of all as a sheep in need of the Great Shepherd and is, by...

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Why I Love CFBC Part 10 — A Church That Upholds the Headship of Jesus Christ.

Why I Love Christ Fellowship Bible Church [part 10]Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church There are many reasons why I love CFBC. This continues the series as to why I love the flock of God at CFBC. 1. CFBC Has a Love for the Truth of Scripture.2. CFBC Loves, Cares for, Prays for, &...

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The beauty of God's adoption.

Adoption is an act of God, whereby he takes sinners, who were enemies to him and rebels against him—and constitutes them his children. It is an act of grace—of free and sovereign grace; for there was nothing in them, done by them, or expected from them, that could form a reason why this favor should be conferred upon them. It was in the mind of God from eternity! —James Smith...

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Why I Love CFBC Part 9 — A Church That Endeavors to Glorify God.

Why I Love Christ Fellowship Bible Church [part 9]Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church There are many reasons why I love CFBC. This continues the series as to why I love the flock of God at CFBC. 1. CFBC Has a Love for the Truth of Scripture.2. CFBC Loves, Cares for, Prays for, &...

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Why I Love CFBC Part 8 — A Church that Sacrificially Serves One Another

Why I Love Christ Fellowship Bible Church [part 8]Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church There are many reasons why I love CFBC. This continues the series as to why I love the flock of God at CFBC. 1. CFBC Has a Love for the Truth of Scripture.2. CFBC Loves, Cares for, Prays for, &...

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