Evangelism Principles

Over the past couple of days some of my meditations have been drawn toward biblical evangelism. Below are some observations of proper principles concerning both biblical evangelism and how to interact with other Christians about the gospel. • Preaching the gospel by necessity always has to involve preaching the Gospel. Simply doing good works does…

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Reasons to Forgive

Reasons to forgive found in 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 “To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”…

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The Controversy of Exclusivity

If I were to ask you what is the first controversy within the New Testament Church, what would be your answer? Most likely you would run to Acts 15 or Galatians 2. Whereas those are pivotal moments in biblical Church history, they are not the first recorded inner church controversy. Acts 6 actually records the…

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Praying for our Leaders

Regrettably, I often fail to pray for our leaders as I ought. I do hope that as this year progresses that my devotion to this endeavor will be rekindled for our current President, as well as other various city, county, state, and Federal leaders. Recently we saw our “Inauguration Day” where we observe the peaceful…

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How to Video your Sermons

I have recently begun making short videos and live streaming our Sunday morning sermons via Facebook Live. Since several have been curious about this as a possible avenue for teaching, I felt inclined to share some “how to” information along these lines. Since my brief “how to” ended up being 5 pages long, I felt…

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Walk by Faith, Not by Sight

“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” – 2 Cor. 5:7 Walking according to the will of God here in this life can be a difficult task for the children of God.  God’s children are appropriately consistently compared to sheep in the scripture. Sheep are not very intelligent animals (when you are feeling pretty smart…

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Let the Word Dwell in You Richly

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” – Colossians 3:16 As we close out one year and look forward toward the beginning of a new year, we reflect on God’s…

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Moving Past the Pleasantries of Prayer

“…..yet ye have not, because ye ask not.” -James 4:2b We often use certain expressions that involve prayer to relay our empathy toward others. Expressions as “praying for you” or “you are in our prayers.” Unfortunately, without realizing it we soon turn our empathetic phrases into common pleasantries. The context of the above verse suggests…

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Encouragement for Parents and Children, Especially the Mothers

Upon reading last Saturday morning I was quite struck by the below quote. Quote from Practical Suggestions for “The Common People”, Chapter 14-Home Influence, by Elder J. H. Oliphant. (1904) “As a rule, children are dearer to parents than parents are to children. The children’s best interest make the burden of parents, not only while…

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