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Written by Bryan Gibson
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Sunday, 21 June 2009 |
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Suppose I tell my son, “Here’s five dollars, go buy a loaf of bread.” He returns with the loaf of bread, a candy bar, and a Mellow-Yellow. Seeing that I’m a little put out, he might argue, “You didn’t tell me not to get these other things.” Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Maybe I should just get over it. Not so fast. Suppose I had specifically told him on several occasions before this, “Whenever I tell you to do something, don’t do anything more or less; don’t add to or delete anything; and don’t substitute anything else for what I tell you”? His excuse doesn’t sound so good now, does it? He should have known that he was restricted to just what I told him—no more, no less. Having warned him about this several times, I shouldn’t have to repeat it every time I tell him to do something. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 June 2009 )
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Written by Jim R. Everett
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Sunday, 25 January 2009 |
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Reward incentive motivation permeates our society. People respond to rewards just like little puppies do. Some parents think only in terms of rewarding their children, and, they even reward them for being bad. When a parent says to a little child, "If you will quit throwing a temper tantrum, we will go get an ice cream as soon we get away from the Dr.'s office," he is rewarding bad behavior and the child quickly understands how to get what he wants. The "in thing" now in many churches is to offer physical rewards for being religious. |
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Written by Steve Klein
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Sunday, 25 January 2009 |
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When contention arose between the herdsmen of Lot and the herdsmen of Abram, "Abram said to Lot, 'Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren'" (Genesis 13:8). God's friend Abraham knew that brotherhood demands the cessation of strife. I fear that some brethren today believe that brotherhood demands incessant strife. Some practical measures for keeping peace include the following: |
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Written by Dan S. Shipley
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Sunday, 25 January 2009 |
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Erring brethren seem to have been a persistent problem in the Lord's church almost from its beginning. And, if that were not bad enough, the problem has been compounded by the way in which many have erred toward these erring brethren. |
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Taking Responsibility (part 2) |
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Written by Stephen Russell
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
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Everybody has an excuse. "It wasn't my fault." "I couldn't help it." More often than not we have more control than we are willing to admit. If we take ownership of this control we can begin living more purposeful lives. We can take that control away from Satan and give it to God who offers freedom from the shackels of sin and destruction. This is the second of a two part series of sermons looking at what we can take responsibility for and what we have no control over. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 January 2009 )
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The Second Coming of Jesus |
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Written by Bryan Gibson
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
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Here’s the mistake many make when studying this subject, in particular the events surrounding His second coming. They start with highly figurative passages, like those in the Book of Revelation, propose some theory heavily based on speculation, and then try to fit every other passage in the New Testament into their theory. There is a better way. Start with the plain statements of Scripture, get a clear understanding of them, and then proceed to the more difficult passages. Make sure then that your understanding of the more difficult passages does not conflict with the plain statements. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 January 2009 )
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When is "The Great and Notable Day of the Lord"? |
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Written by Terry Benton
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
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The "last days" is most often spoken of a final period before something is brought to a close. Peter said that Joel's prophecy of the "last days" was being seen as engaged then on that very day as the Spirit was poured out and then filled the house and filled the apostles with power from on high (Acts 2:16f). This is the beginning of the last days of Judaism, as it would wind down to the final fall in the destruction they would experience in AD 70. That would be the "notable day" of the Lord, that notable day Jesus described in Matthew 23-24 when Judaism would see Jerusalem fall and not one stone be left upon another. That was not the "final day" of the Lord in final judgment, but it was the "notable day" of the Lord. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 January 2009 )
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Growing in the Knowledge of Jesus Christ (part 2) |
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Written by Stephen Russell
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
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In this sermon we are continuing a series of lessons on the eight graces that lead us to a knowledge of Jesus Christ. The first characterictic mentioned is faith and it is the foundation of our relationship to God. |
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Written by Stephen Russell
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
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Everybody has an excuse. "It wasn't my fault." "I couldn't help it." More often than not we have more control than we are willing to admit. If we take ownership of this control we can begin living more purposeful lives. We can take that control away from Satan and give it to God who offers freedom from the shackels of sin and destruction. This is the first part of a two part series of sermons looking at what we can take responsibility for and what we have no control over. |
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Written by Stephen Russell
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 |
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Sometimes we allow the world to define sin for us. Because of the great evil in the world we may be tempted to believe that our sin isn't really all that bad. We must be careful to look to God and His word for our understanding of what a sin is and what the consequences are. In this sermon we examine these ideas. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 January 2009 )
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