Under God

Dr. Mike Murphy September 25, 2018 He had heard the words of numerous sermons in his life, but the words he was hearing preached, he could not escape.  As he sat listening to the Lincoln Day sermon, the Holy Spirit used the words to grip him, to open his eyes to a truth that the Lord was showing him. The pastor used the words of Galatians 3:28, to set up his sermon.  “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”  He …

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God’s Purpose For The Tribulation By Thomas Ice

God’s Purpose For The Tribulation By Thomas Ice While many people think the tribulation will involve the church, the Bible does not provide support for such a notion. Instead, Scripture informs us of at least a three-fold purpose for the coming tribulation, none of which involves the church. The New Testament teaches that the church will be taken at the rapture to be with the Lord before the tribulation begins. God has not destined His bride for His wrath (Romans 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 5:9; Revelation 3:10). The tribulation in Bible prophecy is the period of time that begins with …

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WILL ISRAEL GO EXTINCT? Part 1

Israel – Middle East Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Steve Schmutzer In late 2012, The New York Post reported that Kissinger – the Henry Kissinger – the gravelly-voiced veteran of world affairs had stated, “In ten years, there will be no more Israel.” While it’s no secret that Kissinger struggles with his own Jewish identity, he allegedly felt the passion of Israel’s enemies would prove to be the Jewish state’s demise. That bit of news invited other media to jump in and stir the “anti-Israel” pot. It was another opportunity for them to flex some of their own thinly-veiled bias. The liberal press is always …

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Your Grace Finds Me

2 Corinthians 12:9 – And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Your Grace Finds Me It’s there in the newborn cry It’s there in the light of every sunrise It’s there in the shadows of this light Your great grace It’s there on the mountaintop It’s there in the everyday and the mundane There in the sorrow and the dancing Your great grace Oh, such grace From the creation …

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“I sleep, but my heart waketh:

“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.”— Song of Solomon 5:2 Paradoxes abound in Christian experience, and here is one–the spouse was asleep, and yet she was awake. He only can read the believer’s riddle who has ploughed with the heifer of his experience. The two points in this evening’s text are–a mournful sleepiness and a hopeful wakefulness. I sleep. Through sin that dwelleth …

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What Is the Christian Life?

When a person accepts the saving grace of Jesus, he or she receives a new life—not a new formula. What Is the Christian Life? Titus 3:4-7 (KJV) 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of …

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THANK YOU, JESUS

Reputation is only desirable to those who seek attention. Are we seeking the approval of God or men?…   PHILIPPIANS 2:7 _______________________________________________________ “…but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. “   THANK YOU, JESUS   The Christian is one who has died to the things of this world. We are held by no other love. The throne within us is the Lord’s and His alone. When we begin to derive our worth outside of Jesus Christ, we stray and pursue the acceptance of man.   Reputation is only …

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Where We Aren’t

Prophecy – Signs Monday, September 24, 2018 Pete Garcia I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.  He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.  Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 From the first century until 20th, there wasn’t a whole lot of movement going on in God’s prophetic long range calendar.  Similar to the ‘silent years’ between the Old Testament and the New, we had been in an extended ‘silent period’ since …

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