Category: Spirituality
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ABC’S of Prayer: Unselfish
Dear Lord, I am told that selfishness precludes answers to prayer (James 4:3). Are You willing to change my selfish spirit? Ezekiel points us to the fact that God wants to create in us “A new heart also will I give you, and, a new spirit will I put within you” (Ezekiel 36:26). It was Christ…
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Victory Over Slavery
Sometime ago, I felt impressed to preach a sermon out of the book of Philemon. This sermon developed out of that study. Go to Philemon: Exploration into Forgiveness and Reconciliation for more details on that study. Yet within this sermon there is no reference made to Philemon at all. Studying Philemon gave the input for this sermon for I suddenly…
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Galatians: Gospels in Conflict part 4c
A Note on Justification For us to fully understand Paul’s teaching in verses 16-20 of Galatians chapter 2 we need a better grip on his view of justification. Way to often it is described in terms of a court of law that condemns people or declares them guilty but then justifies or declares them not…
Pastor Lester Bentley 