“A recent visit to what I suppose to be an ordinary, middle-of-the-road, mid-sized Southern Baptist church stunned me, though it shouldn’t have—I should have known better. What I encountered (they used the word “encounter” a lot) was arguably not a Christian worship service. So what was it?… The bottom line: I believe the service had […]
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“Dear Lord, I confess and do repent of my ingrained sinfulness and these and ALL my sins – my grievous, constant, willful, and habitual sins; and whenever I fear, love, and trust in created things – for salvation and comfort – rather than You, my good, generous, and merciful Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer. I prove
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“Distorted, deceived, and desperate, image bearers flip God’s world upside down. Created to think in accordance with God’s thoughts, our distorted minds believe and speak deceiving words. Formed to glorify God, our distorted hearts twist divine affection into self-love. Designed to obey God’s Word, our stubborn wills insist that lawlessness is freedom. Intended for life
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The Doctrine of Justification by Double Imputation “God imputed our sin to Christ—put it on Him—on the cross so that He could pay the debt of penalty in His atoning death. He put the record of perfect obedience that Christ won on our accounts. By faith alone we access these benefits. There is a double
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Death can be a fearful thing to contemplate. In his book, Facing the Last Enemy: Death and the Christian, Guy Prentiss Waters says this: “The time to prepare ourselves to meet these fears is not the day and hours before our death. It is right now. Scripture calls us to prepare ourselves for death while
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