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Divorce, Of Course

November 30, 2016 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Divorce, Marriage, Repentance

by Shawn Lazar “I do funerals, but I don’t do weddings,” Buddy, my pastor, once told me. “Why not?” “Because when I do a funeral, I know they’ll stay dead.” That’s a sad commentary on the state of marriage today. I was reminded of this sad state this weekend, when I heard news about four

Gym fees

November 29, 2016 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faithalone, Free, Soteriology, Works

by Shawn Lazar Free or Not? One day, a young mother was looking to join a gym. She heard about a wealthy benefactor who founded several gyms and endowed them with enough money so they could be free and open to all. However, when she visited the gyms and asked about joining she found they

The Place of Failure

November 28, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Approval, Failure, Judgment Seat of Christ

by Bob Wilkin Over the years I’ve had lots of failures in life. I know we all have. But I’m more acutely aware of my own failures than I am of those of others. Have you ever felt like giving up on your job, your ministry in your church, or on some major responsibility you

Black Friday – Where your treasure is

November 25, 2016 by Brad Bell in Blog - Black Friday, Greed, Money, Possessions, Worldliness

by Brad Bell Black Friday. An illustrious American “holiday” of sorts. It is a sad irony that the day after Thanksgiving, America turns its focus to the relentless acquisition of stuff. People line up and wait for hours, push their way through crowded stores, and increase their debt in the pursuit of satisfaction via stuff.

Give thanks for the little things

November 24, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Gratitude, Thanksgiving

by Bob Wilkin Yesterday I heard a good sermon by Luis Rodriguez. Speaking from Psalm 100 he said that we should be thankful people. All. The. Time. We should thank the Lord for everything, for our food, our housing, our jobs, our health, our families, and so forth. Luis is right, of course. As children

Thanksgiving…with Tears

November 23, 2016 by Phil Congdon in Blog - Thanksgiving

originally published in the November/December 2016 edition of Grace in Focus “For we do not grieve as those without hope” (1 Thess 4:13). Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, not just for turkey dinners and a day off work, but because it is an annual reminder — often overlooked but ever-present— that we have much to

George Müller on Rewards

November 22, 2016 by Brad Bell in Blog - Quotes, rewards

Rewards “Christians do not practically remember that while we are saved by grace, altogether by grace, so that in the matter of salvation works are altogether excluded; yet that as far as the rewards of grace are concerned, in the world to come, there is a intimate connection between the life of the Christian here

Gospel Simplicity

November 21, 2016 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Children, Gospel, Pharisees

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. (Matt 11:25 ESV) The Complexity of the Pharisees Matthew 11 is a sad time in the Gospel of Matthew. John the Baptist has been

Did God Really Say That?

November 18, 2016 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Genesis 3, God's Word, inerrancy

And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (Genesis 3:1) Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (Acts 26:8) Inerrancy in Question GES recently held a conference in NC on Biblical Inerrancy. Inerrancy deals

The Overcomer

November 16, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Overcomer, Perseverance, Reign with Christ, Zane Hodges

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith, Sermons on Hebrews And he who overcomes, and keeps My works to the end, to him I will give power over the nations-‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have receive from