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Send us Fan Mail Galatians 6 mentions bearing one another’s burdens, and fulfilling the Law of Christ. It also is clear that restoring those who are caught in a transgression is the call upon mature, and spiritual Jesus followers. We do a great job of bearing one another’s burdens, but many churches struggle with restoration. Peter is an example of someone who was restored by Jesus. We should reme...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus never promised it would be easy, but He said we should take heart, because He has overcome the world! We have peace in Him! We have confidence, not in our abilities, but His. The opposite of thankfulness is complaining. The opposite of love, is fear. The opposite of faith, is doubting. So how can it be, that so many Christians are complaining, and fearful, and doubting God’s...

Send us Fan Mail Only 20% of Americans are attending church once a week. However, 60% claim to be Christians. Of course, church attendance is not what saves you, but whatever happened to “I’ll see you Sunday?” There is plenty of blame to go around. Failed leadership, church people who do not show the love of God, and busy schedules; these top the lists. Yet Jesus calls the church His bride. How ca...

Send us Fan Mail Two things are clear, that pastors are overseers, and that they are not to “lord it over those in their care. Christ is the model, and the authority of the pastor is never legitimate outside of the character of Christ, or in conflict with His word. The motivations of a pastor must not be money, or power, but love for the flock. Some decisions belong to the pastor, and some belong...

Send us Fan Mail What is prayer? Why do we do it? How do we do it? It is letting our requests be known to God, as Jesus has commanded, and modeled. We pray to the Father, in the Name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. We pray with the boldness of a son, but also with the humility of a servant. We pray in the Spirit, and He prays for us. We pray as Mary did, I am the servant of the Lord. Ma...

Send us Fan Mail Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, is the worshipful tradition instituted by Christ. When we gather as a church, we eat bread to remember His flesh, that was broken for us. We drink the fruit of the vine to remember His blood, that was poured out for us. We remember Jesus, dying upon the cross, we proclaim His death, and we look forward to His return. In Corinthians 11, Paul warns u...

Send us Fan Mail As we conclude season 1, which is our foundational teachings of Christ, I want to introduce myself. In this episode I share my testimony, and reasons for sharing the gospel through this platform. I look forward to season 2, and preview some topics concerning the church, which is the body of Christ. I preemptively strike those who would slander the church, because the church is als...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus gives us His example, being baptized by John in the Jordan river. He gives us His command, in Matthew 28:19, to make disciples, and baptize them. He gives us the gospel, His death, burial, and resurrection, and we symbolize our relationship with Him in Baptism. In repentence, we die to ourselves, and are buried with Himnin baptism. Then scripture says we are raised to walk i...

Send us Fan Mail Maturity. In our faith it means that we have grown up in Christ, and we resemble Him in our spirit, actions, and attitude. It is easy to see the marks of immaturity. Those who are critical, and complaining. Those who abuse their authority. Those who are easily deceived by false teachings. However, rather than focusing on immaturity, we are all better off to tune our hearts to Jesu...

Send us Fan Mail Repentance and Faith, two sides of the same coin! As Sproul says, repentance will always involve faith, and faith will always involve repentance! The prophets , John the Baptist, Jesus, Peter, Paul, and  John (the disciple Jesus loved) all taught repentance! The question is, why are so many pastors and preachers avoiding the subject? It is the kindness of God that leads us to Repe...

Send us Fan Mail Confession is our response to the gospel. We repent, and believe the good news, confessing that we are sinful, but Jesus is sinless. We confess Him before men, so that He will confess us before His Father! We proclaim our belief in the death, burial, and resurrection. We proclaim that He is our King, and Savior, and that we submit to His authority, and put our entire hope in His p...

Send us Fan Mail The sword of the Spirit, is necessary to battle the temptations we face from the devil. Our devotion to meditate upon the Word of God, helps us hear His voice in a loud and busy world. As we rightly divide the Word, we can discern false teachings. We can use our Bible knowledge to teach, building up the church and equipping them to do the work God has called us to do! We must avoi...

Send us Fan Mail Lord, liar, or lunatic? CS Lewis has pointed out those are the choices, when it comes to Jesus. This study of John 5, has the battle between dead religion, and Jesus. Healing on the sabbath, and claiming to be the Son of God, were the crimes that Jesus was ultimately crucified for. He arose the third day, proving His claim of divinity, and changing the world forever! Now he wants...

Send us Fan Mail In this session, we see the Holy Spirit, as the Spirit of Truth. He brings life, as He testifies of Christ, convicts us of sin, and walks with us so we are never alone. We are not orphans, but sons of God who are led by the Spirit of Christ. His Spirit, testifies with our spirit, that we are His children. He is our advocate, and our source of strength. He prays for us, when we do...

Send us Fan Mail We were not only saved, but made sons by adoption! Though many have reduced salvation to a transaction of debts being paid, the clear teaching of scripture is that His great mercy and forgiveness of our sin; this was so that we might be adopted by our Heavenly Father. As Jesus brings many sons to glory, we can know it is because the Father loves us, and the Spirit he has given us...

Send us Fan Mail The gospel is the good news! However, it’s only appreciated in light of the bad news. We had broken God’s law, and were under a curse of sin, and death. Our sinfulness separated us from God, but in His love, God sent His Son, to pay our debt, break the curse, and bring new life. Reconciled by grace through faith in Jesus! His death, burial, and resurrection, exposed our sin, but a...

Send us Fan Mail This was recorded live, at a Bible study. Biblical forgiveness is upon the gospel, in that we are to forgive others, as Jesus has forgiven us. At one point in the study, a lady objected that I was making it sound easy, and it isn’t that easy. You will hear me agree with her, by saying it is actually impossible, without the grace of God, and power of His spirit. It is only because...