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How secure is salvation? Part 2

November 17, 2009

One of the most important discussions I have with people has to do with the concern about their salvation. Many people believe that they can lose salvation, or have it taken away, depending on how they live, what sins they may commit, or what good things they never do.
In this post, I’d like simply to [...]

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Winning friends and influencing people

February 4, 2009

No, this isn’t a review of that classic book, or the title would have started with “Book Review”.
Actually, I was reading Proverbs 3 yesterday, and verses 3-4 caught my attention.
Do not let truth and mercy leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will find favor and good understanding,
in [...]

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Baptism, Part 3

January 24, 2009

We are looking at the biblical teaching of water baptism. So far we have established:

The word “baptism” means “immersion” or “to dip under” (Baptism, Part 1)
The earliest Christians all baptized people by plunging them fully under water(Baptism, Part 2)
Water baptism is a public symbol that a person has new life through Jesus Christ, and immersion [...]

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Are you satisfied?

December 17, 2008

As I did my Bible reading this morning, I was challenged by this thought: Am I satisfied?
Now usually, we say that being satisfied is a good thing, because it is a synonym for content, and God is very clear that we are to be content when it comes to stuff (1 Timothy 6:6-8; Philippians 4:11-12; [...]

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Listen, Day 17: John 16-21

October 1, 2008

Here are my thoughts as we listened through the last of the gospels.

Nowadays most people think about terrorists when they hear these verses. The apostle Paul was one of the first religious terrorists.
People are wrong on so many levels when discussing things about God. This is why it’s so important to LISTEN to what the [...]

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