Every time I stand up to preach, I have the privilege of watching God's living word accomplish dynamic things in the lives of people. In 1 Thessalonians, Paul spells out three distinct functions that the Word of God performs in our lives...
As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of …
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Three Functions of the Word of God
October 22, 2009 4 Comments
Life: Past, Present, Future
October 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Here's my whole life in a nutshell...
For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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I Am Bound to Give Thanks
November 26, 2008 1 Comment
In his second letter to the Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul begins by saying "I am bound to thank God always for you all..." I've always loved that little snippet of Scripture because of its plain message - I am bound, obligated, indebted to give thanks. It's the least I can do in light of all that our …
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Comfort One Another
August 13, 2008 Leave a Comment
We're down to the final study in our Wendesday night journey through the one another's of the New Testament. This one is pretty awesome - we're to comfort one another. It's based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, a familiar passage to many. It concerns itself with Jesus' second coming, which forms the basis of our …
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Life… In All Its Complexity
November 15, 2006 Leave a Comment
The blog has been put on hold for a couple of weeks now, primarily because of all that my wife and I have been experiencing in our personal lives. Here's a recounting of it...
On Monday evening, October 30, Angie left her ladies' Connection Cafe meeting feeling well, but by the time we drove from the church to …
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Faithful Is He
October 27, 2006 Leave a Comment
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it." -1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
Paul's prayer for the people of Thessalonica was a heartfelt prayer …
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Let the Word Have Its Way
October 18, 2006 Leave a Comment
"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you." -2 Thessalonians 3:1
I must admit that few things in life are more exhilarating than preaching God's Word. That's how God has wired me, that my great passion in life would be to see …
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Apart from His Glory
August 2, 2006 Leave a Comment
"They will suffer punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his might."-2 Thessalonians 1:9God is just, therefore He will punish those who reject Him, His Son, and His message. Paul said in Romans 1 that even those whose only witness of God's existence is in creation …
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