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Introduction to Sunday's sermon on the healing of the man by the pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-15)....
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February 4, 2014 | Category: Sermons | Tags: Gospel of John, Person of Christ, Faith, sin,
Introduction to Sunday's sermon on the healing of the man by the pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-15)....
Keep ReadingFebruary 5, 2013 | Category: Sermons | Tags: grace, sin, Romans, struggle
God wants you to go through Romans 7. He wants you to struggle with sin because that experience is meant to drive you into the arms of Jesus Christ. The struggle that you are undergoing in your life now doesn't mean you're a failure. It makes you an excellent candidate for the grace of God....
Keep ReadingOctober 23, 2012 | Category: Sermons | Tags: sin, Romans, Depravity
What does it mean that we are all "under sin?" It means we are biased toward sin, that we live under its control. We are not under sin in the sense that sin holds us down against our wills, but rather that sin has seeped into our wills, into our good intentions, into our self-images, even into our morality. Sin feels normal and acceptable. And this is true of us all, witho...
Keep ReadingOctober 9, 2012 | Category: Sermons | Tags: sin, Romans, Respectable, sinners
We survived Romans 1. But Romans 2 is staring us right in the face. In Romans 2, Paul teaches that when we look down our noses upon someone else and we think to ourselves, "What a sinner, what a loser, what a terrible person," then we have committed the sin of being judgmental. That is what Paul is talking about in these opening verses of chapter 2....
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