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- 12:21, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 3:15-18''' </blockquote> The final section of 2 Peter to look at is 3:15–18. Let me sum up the main points that I see and then look at them one at a time....)
- 12:12, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Glorified in Good Resolves (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Thessalonians 1:3-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abunda...)
- 12:01, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:1-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. </blockquote><b...)
- 11:45, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Excellence Which Love Approves (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}Philippians 1:9-11 </blockquote><blockquote> And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve w...) (top)
- 11:36, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Escape from Futility (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:17-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in t...) (top)
- 11:19, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Do Not Love the World
- 11:19, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Love the World (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 2:15-17''' </blockquote> Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. For all that is in ...)
- 02:06, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Discontented Christian Life (New page: {{info}}'''Philippians 3:4-14''' This morning's message is the second of a two-part series dealing with the issue of contentment and its role in the Christian life. Last Sunday morning I ...) (top)
- 01:47, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Dangers of Following Jesus
- 01:46, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Dangers of Following Jesus (New page: {{info}}''Maundy Thursday Communion Meditation'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 10:24-25''' A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; it is enough for the disciple to ...)
- 01:41, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Danger of Being Merely Human (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 3:1-4''' </blockquote> This is one of those texts that offer tenderhearted hope and tough-minded warning in the very same truth. The hope is especiall...)
- 21:18, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Confirm Your Election (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 1:5-11''' </blockquote> Last Sunday we saw in 2 Peter 1:1–4 that God's divine power has been given to all who have obtained faith in the righteousness of ...)
- 21:03, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christ's Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 12:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I kno...)
- 20:54, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christian Identity and Christian Destiny (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:9-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim t...)
- 20:46, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Can You Begin by the Spirit and Be Completed by the Flesh?
- 20:29, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can You Begin by the Spirit and Be Completed by the Flesh? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 3:1-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? Let me ...)
- 20:09, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:8''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. </blockquote> ==== Jesus Concerned About Our Heart ==== The first t...)
- 19:59, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Peacemakers (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:9''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. </blockquote> With each beatitude another nail is driven...)
- 19:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Merciful (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. </blockquote> In the brief time that we have for such an important s...)
- 15:35, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sons Are Free (New page: {{info}}''Palm Sunday'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 17:22-27''' </blockquote><blockquote> And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be ...) (top)
- 15:27, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) United with Christ in Death and Life, Part 1 (top)
- 15:24, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Walk by the Spirit! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:19-26''' </blockquote> "God never urges himself to be good," said Edward Carnell in ''Christian Commitment''. Because he is good. That is, his nature al...)
- 15:11, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The War Against the Soul and the Glory of God (New page: {{info}} ==== 1 Peter 2:11-12 ==== <blockquote> Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent am...) (top)
- 15:02, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Whatever Is Not from Faith Is Sin (New page: {{info}}The Old Testament (Psalm 32:1, 2) and the New Testament (Romans 4:7, 8) agree: "Blessed (or fortunate) is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the m...)
- 14:55, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Already: Decisively and Irrevocably Free, Not Yet: Finally and Perfectly Free (New page: {{info}}What we have learned from Romans 6 and 7 is that when we trusted in Christ as our Savior and Lord (as our Treasure!), we were united to Christ (Romans 6:5; 7:4). In this union with...)
- 14:51, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Call for Coronary Christians (New page: {{info}}Having recently celebrated back-to-back days that cry for justice, I summon Bethlehem to be coronary, not adrenal, Christians in the cause of racial harmony and human life. I have ...)
- 14:47, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dana, Doug and an APTAT Recap (New page: {{info}}Here is a reminder of <u>'''last Sunday’s message'''</u>. The terrible mistake of the Galatians was that they were trying to advance in the Christian life “by the flesh.” The...) (top)
- 14:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Eighteen Aspects of Holy Dissatisfaction (New page: {{info}}''A New Year’s Agenda for Growth'' “Grow in grace.” “But he gives more ''grace''.” (2 Peter 3:18; James 4:6) “We pray for you that you…increase in the ''knowledge ...) (top)
- 13:33, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fierce Fruit of Self-Control (New page: {{info}}"As the Hebrews were promised the land, but had to take it by force, one town at a time, so we are promised the gift of self-control, yet we also must take it by force."* The very...)
- 13:31, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Fighting Covetousness by Looking at Others (New page: {{info}}This is overflow from a pastoral staff discussion on how to be free from covetousness. Fred Johnson had drawn our attention to Achan’s stealing and lying in Joshua 7:11. Jericho ...) (top)
- 13:27, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) God Works Wonders in Steady-State Obedience and in Total Disobedience
- 13:25, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Works Wonders in Steady-State Obedience and in Total Disobedience (New page: {{info} '''1. Don’t dream too small or pray too small about what God may do to save sinners and glorify his name in the midst of steady-state obedience.''' God ordinarily works his won...)
- 12:08, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hope-Giving Promises for Triumph over Sin (New page: {{info}} In my sermon on December 3, I argued that one of the reasons sin will not rule as lord over us while we are "under grace" (Romans 6:14) is that, while we are under grace, God is ...) (top)
- 11:59, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You Can Be Godly and Wrong Does Truth Matter? (If You Can Be Godly and Wrong Does Truth Matter? moved to If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter?) (top)
- 11:59, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter? (If You Can Be Godly and Wrong Does Truth Matter? moved to If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter?) (top)
- 11:58, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter? (New page: {{info}}Since there are some Arminians who are more godly than some Calvinists and some Calvinists who are more godly than some Arminians, what is the correlation between true knowledge of...)
- 11:51, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it Ever Right to Be Angry at God? (New page: {{info}}I learned recently that when a person uses the words, "Is it right to be angry at God?" he may be asking a very different question. He may be asking, "Is it right to express anger ...)
- 11:48, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N It Is Never Right to Be Angry with God (New page: {{info}}Recently I said those words to a group of several hundred people: "It is never, ever, ever, right to be angry with God." As I looked out on the people there was an incredulous look...) (top)
- 11:46, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Lord Alone Will Be Exalted (New page: {{info}}''Making War on Pride'' During our staff days of prayer and planning, one of our focuses in prayer was to wage war on pride. For help, we looked at God's attitude toward pride, th...)
- 11:42, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N New Year's Resolutions? Oops. (New page: {{info}}This is the last week of the first quarter of 1981. How are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? No, I won’t let you forget. What? You forgot what they were? Did you write...)
- 11:36, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for Purity vs. Passive Prayers (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> ==== Matthew 5:28-29 ==== </blockquote><blockquote> I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his h...)
- 11:32, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Setting Our Minds on Things Above in Summer (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Colossians 3:1-2'' Originally published in ''A Godward Life ''(Multnomah, 1997). <blockquote> If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things ab...)
- 11:30, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Solution Is Closer Than You Think (New page: {{info}}''Three Ways of Seeing'' There are levels of seeing in the Bible. One is the seeing with the physical eyes of things which we are prepared to see and receive as real. Another is t...) (top)
- 11:26, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Storms Are the Triumph of His Art (New page: {{info}}''Away, Despair!'' I am still oozing Newton. John Newton, that is, who wrote "Amazing Grace" after God saved him from a life—as he says—of being "a wretch" on the high seas fo...)
- 11:22, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sweet Commands of God (New page: {{info}}If, by God’s grace, you are assured that God is for you and not against you, then the more evidences you find of God’s sovereignty, the happier you are. And the wider the scope...)
- 11:14, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Transforming Power of Feeling Mercy (New page: {{info}}What a difference it makes in everything, if we feel like we have just been rescued from torment and death! Picture your attitude on a Navy ship after being plucked from the ocean ...) (top)
- 11:12, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Walk Worthy of God? (New page: {{info}}The Greek adverb, ''aksiws'', is translated "worthy of" in all six of its New Testament uses in the NASB. Five of those uses refer to our acting "worthy of God" or the gospel or ou...)
- 11:06, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wartime Empathy (New page: {{info}} ==== Uriah the Hittite ==== <blockquote></blockquote><blockquote> My lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and ...)
- 11:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When to Be Merciful and When to Demand Justice (New page: {{info}} ==== Meditation on 2 Thessalonians 3:8-15 ==== <blockquote> [We did not] eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might ...) (top)
- 10:54, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Year End Thanks and New Year Hope (New page: {{info}}I wrote the first draft of this article on the last day of 2000 with a few hours left in the century and the millennium. Then I went to celebrate my 21st New Year's Eve communion s...) (top)
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