Tag: Gospel
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Are we listening?
When Jesus responds to people, it is often easy to see how His answers could be misconstrued, misunderstood, or even misinterpreted. After all, if He is speaking to us to correct our behavior, no one readily signs up for that! Further, sometimes we can fall into the trap of seeking God’s response but we have…
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Discipleship Forces Change!
When we consider the word, “discipleship”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Is it more to do? A challenge to your status quo? Perhaps an inconvenience to what you want? Those may very well be the negative thoughts that creep into our hearts, but is that not where the Holy Spirit…
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What do you follow?
Disagreeing with God’s Word is a common theme not only in today’s culture; but in the time it was written because it always challenges the way humanity “thinks things ought to be”. This continued disagreement to the Word of God only makes it more difficult for us to submit fully; but it NEVER changes 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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Will we share, also?
The continued examination of the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well is a great study in evangelism, hope, and encouragement that God has given us in His Son to forgive our sins. When we consider the transparency in which Jesus speaks, we must not only see ourselves in this conversation (first in…
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Share Your Gift!
The gift of eternal life is simply what that: it is a GIFT! Jesus’s encounter with a woman at a well in Samaria is a pivotal conversation to learn from because it shows the readiness, the availability, and the simplicity of the proclamation of the Gospel. However, for Jesus, we might think this would be…
Pastor T.J. Conwell 