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Around the Web (5/6)

May 6, 2013 — Leave a comment

CHEAP eBook Deals of the Day: And Then I Had Kids: Encouragement for Mothers of Young Children (Susan Alexander Yates) – $1.99 (88% off); What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms (Angie Smith) – $3.79 (75% off); Feathers From My Nest: A Mother’s Reflections (Beth Moore) – $4.99 (67% off).
Doy Moyer reflects on the relationship of obedience and grace. “Obedience does not mean that one is trying to earn salvation. To say that obedience is necessary is not a contradiction of grace, but a complement to grace.”
Jennifer Gerhardt has a confession: “I’m a preacher’s wife, and to be honest, I don’t always love Sundays.”
“Well, since we’re all Christians, let me tell you this joke.” Rhodes Davis reminds us, “We should shine as lights into the dark world and demonstrate the holiness of Christ in our lives so that all will know we are Christians. Especially among fellow Christians.”
Gary Henry’s Daily Family Bible Study for the week emphasizes that apart from God, life is empty.

Around the Web (4/27)

April 27, 2013 — Leave a comment

CHEAP eBook Deal of the Day: Closing the Window: Steps to Living Porn Free (Tim Chester) – $2.99 (80% off).
Doy Moyer writes, “Repentance and confession are fundamental to the Christian’s relationship to God. These are not merely one time ‘steps’ in a plan of salvation, but are necessary components in an ongoing fellowship in which God’s grace grants forgiveness and hope.”
Dene Ward asserts, “It’s time we older Christians stopped endorsing fairy tales. It’s time we told it like it is. Life can be hard and it doesn’t necessarily mean you are at fault. Even when you are at fault, it doesn’t mean you are worse than anyone else, no matter what image others try to present.”
The Scriptures have a good deal to say about the danger of idolatry. “But,” Gary Henry asks, “is it really the practical problem today that it was in ancient times?”
Clay Gentry suggests, “If those of old had not received their commendation based on their faith (Heb 11:2), then Hebrews 11 would have read very differently. Rather than being the Hall-of-Fame of Faith, it would be the Hall-of-Shame of the Faithless.”

Around the Web (4/24)

April 24, 2013 — Leave a comment

CHEAP eBook Deal of the Day: How to Talk So Your Husband Will Listen and Listen So Your Husband Will Talk (Rick Johnson) – $2.99 (77% off).
The Digital Public Library of America is working to create a large-scale digital public library with scientific and cultural materials available to all. Incredible resource.
“Just as there are special challenges for those who are young in the faith, there are also some for the older.” Gary Henry reflects on the dangers of having been here longer.
“I remember a college professor that used to say, ‘The only exercise some folks get is jumping to conclusions.’ In the past week, in the aftermath of the Boston bombings, lots of folks got plenty of exercise!” Ken Weliever reminds us of the danger in jumping to conclusions.
Rhodes Davis encourages us to quit sawing spiritual sawdust. “Some people have made decisions (or failed to make a decision), then spend long periods of time reliving the decision, digging up the pain and memories, and will not let the past go.”

My Modern Met gives us an idea how the night sky would look if the planets were as close as the moon.

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Around the Web (4/11)

April 11, 2013 — Leave a comment

Gary Henry discusses the challenge of disciplining our feelings when necessary and maintaining our faith in the face of hardship and doubt. “Dark days need not be days of utter defeat.”
Interesting thoughts from Evan Hughes about book publishers scrambling to rewrite their future. “In the long term, what publishers have to fear the most may not be Amazon but an idea it has helped engender—that the only truly necessary players in the game are the author and the reader.”
Wes McAdams asks, “Where do we go when we die?”
Creationist offers $10K to anyone who can successfully disprove a literal interpretation of Genesis, using science, in front of a judge.
Scientists report the discovery of a mysterious structure in the Sea of Galilee that seems to have existed long before any of the biblical activity recorded in the region.

“I’m not sure I want to be married to you anymore.”

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Around the Web (4/5)

April 5, 2013 — Leave a comment

CHEAP eBook Deals of the Day: How to Preach without Notes (Charles W. Koller) – $3.99 (79% off) and The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds on Prayer – $1.99 (80% off).
Doy Moyer encourages Christians to understand the Biblical foundation for being able to say and sing, “I shall not be moved.”
The Economist explores whether the ISBN number will be the latest casualty of the digital publishing revolution.
The latest issue (April-June 2013) of THINK Magazine has been made freshly available.
The Huffington Post evaluates who is winning the competition between sports and religion.

Baptism: What It Does and Does Not Do

March 18, 2013 — 2 Comments

It’s hard to read very far in the New Testament without coming across a reference to baptism. But why? What is baptism? What does it do? And what does it not do?

This sermon emphasizes respect for God and his authoritative will. The authority for baptism isn’t difficult to find in the New Testament. The sermon explores a variety of New Testament examples in order to discern the historical background and significance of baptism, as well as what baptism does and does not do.

Baptism: What It Does Not Do

It does not irresistibly change one’s heart.
It does not miraculously alter the trajectory of one’s life.
It does not supernaturally solve all of life’s difficulties.
It does not magically immunize against temptations or trials.
It does not guarantee heaven as one’s default destination.

Baptism: What It Does

It brings one into contact with the blood of Christ.
It puts one into Christ.
It leads to being added by the Lord to the body of Christ.
It serves as a means of presenting oneself as an obedient slave to God.
It remains as an indispensable step in the “obedience of faith.”

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Around the Web (3/13)

March 13, 2013 — 1 Comment

Around the Web

Do you preach from an iPad? Here are 10 good tips to keep in mind.
Gary Henry suggests a larger perspective on the issue of happiness. What if we could learn to be glad when God is glad?
We’re familiar with the beautiful “green pastures” phrase from Psalm 23:1-2. Ferrell Jenkins provides a picture taken near Heshbon on the Transjordan plateau. “It is rare in Israel or Jordan to see sheep in such an abundance of grass.”
Clay Gentry asks, “Is your faith your own?”
Web publishers: why are people leaving your site?

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Around the Web (3/6)

March 6, 2013 — Leave a comment

CHEAP eBook Deal of the Day: The Resolution for Men and The Resolution for Women, written in conjunction with the COURAGEOUS film – both $2.99 (80% off).
Tim Challies suggests a practical way to perform a social media heart check.
Gary Henry writes, “When our hearts are hurting, we often fail to see where the hurt is really come from.” What if we grew to see our hurts as homesickness?
Ken Weliever reflects on Isaiah’s use of “whiter than snow.”
Terry Slack asks, “Can you be counted on?”

What exploded over Russia?

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What Will Be Clear After Death

February 12, 2013 — Leave a comment

Sunrise

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. (Rev 6:9-11)

On this side of death, there are seasons wherein we struggle to maintain confidence in an all-present, all-powerful, all-knowing God who reigns supreme with perfect power and complete authority.

On this side of death, there are stormy days and nights that threaten to overwhelm our feeble grasps on the anchor of a God who is beyond reproach in his holiness and love.

On this side of death, there are heartbreaking moments that shake the very foundations of our faith in a God who is true and worthy of trust.

On this side of death, believers have no choice but to walk by faith (2 Cor 5:7).

But on the other side of death, how different is the story!

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What were the “Gifts” of the Holy Spirit?

January 8, 2013 — Leave a comment

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed… There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. (1 Cor 12:1-7)

What were these gifts? What role did the Holy Spirit play in conjunction with them? How did they advance the plan of God for mankind?

This sermon uses the New Testament to explore this topic of miraculous spiritual gifts. It was delivered on October 14, 2012 as Part 6 in a series of sermons on the Holy Spirit.

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