The FINALITY of the New Birth.

This continues the ongoing blog series on "The New Birth"   The FINALITY of the New BirthGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church Salvation would be of little profit and it would impart no comfort if it could be reversible. Yet the Word of God clearly affirms that the work of God...

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How To Pray.

HOW TO PRAYGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church  As a shepherd, probably the most common prayer request I receive from God’s people is to pray that they would pray more and accelerate their prayer lives. How can we pray? Many people can relate to the request of the disciples: Lord,...

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The MIRACLE of the New Birth.

This is the next blog in the ongoing series on "The New Birth" The MIRACLE of the New Birth.Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible ChurchThat the new birth is nothing short of a miracle is clear because it is something that only God can do. A true miracle is something contrary to nature that...

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What If ... At This Moment You Were Called to the Bar of God to Give an Account of Your Life...

“If you should this moment be called to the bar of God, what sentence have you reason to suppose He would pass on you? Pause and reflect, and let conscience answer … will you dare offer to your Judge those vain and frivolous excuses with which you now quiet your conscience and deceive yourself?...

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The PRODUCER of the New Birth.

This is the next blog in the ongoing series on the New Birth.   The PRODUCER of the New BirthGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible ChurchThe words of Jesus spoken to Nicodemus revealed that the only way to see the kingdom of God is unless “one is born again” (John 3:3; ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ...

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Young People — You've Heard Many Sermons. Have They Impacted Your Soul and Your Life?

Some excellent & thought-provoking questions that Charles Spurgeon presents in his sermon dealing with the seed that is sown among thorns. I think the application is certainly pertinent to young people who have grown up in churches, have heard the Word, have heard Christ presented at home in...

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Thorns!

A gospel-plea from Charles Spurgeon: As Spurgeon preached on the parable of the soils (Luke 8:4-15), this excerpt comes from his application concerning the third category of people -- those who hear the Word but the thorns come in and choke out the Word. Spurgeon urges: Ah! My dear readers,...

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The HUMILITY of the New Birth.

This is the next part in the ongoing blog series on "The New Birth"   The HUMILITY of the New BirthGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church Without a doubt, the act of God in bringing about the new birth humbles the sinner. No Christian can boast at the cross. No one can co-mingle...

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Prepare for Corporate Worship.

PREPARE FOR CORPORATE WORSHIPGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church  “Come from your knees to the sermon, and come from the sermon to your knees”                                                                                                         ...

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The INDIVIDUALITY of the New Birth.

This is the next blog in the ongoing series on the New Birth. The INDIVIDUALITY of the New Birth Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church No one enters heaven by the merits of another. None can walk into glory through the worthiness of a friend. Indeed, one must personally and individually...

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The NEED for the New Birth.

This is the next part in the ongoing blog series on the New Birth.   The NEED for the New BirthGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible ChurchNo greater need exists in the universe than for sinful man to be born again! Jesus said it this way: “you must be born again” (John 3:7). This is...

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The Need for the Preaching of the Word of God!

From Charles Spurgeon: Ah, my dear friends, we want nothing in these times for revival in the world but the simple preaching of the gospel.  This is the great battering ram that shall dash down the bulwarks of iniquity. This is the great light that shall scatter the darkness. We need not...

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Why I Am Relentlessly Committed to Expository Preaching.

Why am I relentlessly committed to expository preaching?  Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church Expository preaching allows God to speak to the people through His powerful & eternal Word. Expository preaching means that God determines what will be preached since I work verse-by-verse...

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