Category: God
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What do you allow?
Hypocrisy is one of the most repeated struggles that the modern day church constantly endures. However! We are not defenseless and without opportunity to correct it when it rears its head! For example, Jesus showed a great contrast between religious acts and obeying the Law (see John 7:20-24) that we can learn from. In it,…
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Will you do one thing?
Faith requires that each of us accepts that we are not in control, and that in the admitting of that truth we are presented with a real opportunity to understand Who is! However, asking God to “prove” that He is real continues to be a challenge that is not only seen all over scripture, but…
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Will you trust His will?
Wouldn’t it be great if we could walk on water? Just think about the time we could save being able to cross the smallest lake without needing alternate transportation! While it might be easy to focus on the “convenience” of something, we need to see (because we can easily miss it) that not everything…
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What do you need?
One of the most often celebrated miracles of Jesus in John 6 is the feeding of the 5,000 men (which implies that there were far more people present than just 5,000 people). However, what if we examined this event not from the “satisfaction of our bellies”, but from the standpoint of praising God for what…
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We still need Grace!
On the heels of understanding the reason for God’s incredible gift by sending His Son to die, we see Jesus continuing to testify in John 5 about our desperate need for salvation. What we must understand is that the Law, which was given to correct our behavior, is still the standard God will use to correctly judge…
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We must testify!
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but truly it is not the only time of the year for us to focus on and remember God’s incredible gift given to His creation. Testifying about Jesus is precisely what a Christian is supposed to do – so what better time to do so than during this…
Pastor T.J. Conwell 