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Sermon: by Kara Moses on Spiritual Disciplines

Have you ever found yourself in a desert time in your relationship with God?  I mean a time where you just don’t feel connected to Jesus, you don’t sense the Holy Spirit guiding you?  Maybe you feel

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1 Peter 4:7-11, End Times Behavior for Christians

Everything for the Christian is to be lived with your eyes on the hope of “the grace that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed” (1:13). With the coming of Jesus Messiah, the first time, the

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2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, The Basis for Successful Christian Living

There is a bit of paradox in the Christian life. We are commanded to obey God and rewarded if we do, yet understand that it is the Lord’s strengthening that enables us to obey. We are told to pray for

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-28, The Path Toward Sanctity

Sanctification is a big word that is hard sometimes to define. It means, generally, the process of becoming holy, or set apart to God. But what does that mean? Paul has talked with his converts in Thessalonica

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Sermon on 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, Weak Christians, Bad Teachers

There are two intriguing proverbs in the book so named, sitting side by side, and seemingly contradictory: Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. (Proverbs

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Sermon on Hebrews 13, Portrait of a Growing Christian

What would be your test for whether you are someone you know is a growing Christian?  If you could put a thermometer or some other kind of measuring device in the soul, you could see if their faith was

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Sermon on the Lord’s Prayer

When I was growing up, but a mere lad, my family attended the local Presbyterian church.  I sadly remember only a few things I learned there. That the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament did not have

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Sermon on Imitating Jesus

Who do you imitate?  Do you like the idea of imitating?  What, if anything, puts you off to imitating someone great? Ephesians 5:1–2, Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in

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Sermon on Galatians 1:4, The Great Rescue

3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be

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Entertainment and the Lordship of Christ

“Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw a town before them, and the name of that town is Vanity; and at the town there is a fair kept, called Vanity

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What does it mean to see who you are in Christ?

Question: I’ve always heard the phrase “You should see yourself for who you are in Christ”. I don’t really have a good grasp on this phrase. I think if I had a better understanding of who I am

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Questions and Answers About a Personal Devotional Time

Question: What time in the day is the best time for a quiet time? Answer: The best time of the day for most people is in the morning simply because it is the time of a fresh start to the day’s challenges

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Can a Homosexual Be a Christian?

Question: Can a man claim to be a Christian and still be a homosexual? I just happened to hear some guys talking about that and I thought it was very interesting, even though I believe I know the answer

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Do I Really Need to Go to Church?

Question: I am a “new” Christian and I have a question that concerns me. I do not have a church home and to be perfectly honest, I have not found one that makes me comfortable. There seems to be too

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Faithful Teachers of Others Will Be Rewarded – 2 Timothy 2:1-7

Is it appropriate to work for the reward?  Well, it is apparent that God uses the motivation of reward throughout Scripture.  There is something “selfish” about wanting a reward for serving

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