10 MARKS OF AN IMMATURE BELIEVER (MIKE LEAKE) Borrowed Light Hanging from that random tree seemed like a really good idea at the time. I was in eighth grade and our youth group (I don’t think I was actually a Christian at the time) was going through the community singing Christmas carols. I thought it’d…
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Can You Really Have Assurance of Salvation? Was I sincere when I made a profession of faith? Have I really trusted Christ for my salvation? Does ongoing failure to resist temptation mean I’m not truly saved? These are the sort of questions that haunt Christians who lack assurance of salvation. My guest today to talk…
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Seven Things to Do After You Look at Pornography A lot of Christian advice about porn addicts is unhelpful — meaning, it doesn’t contribute to real progress in repentance, healing, restoration, and recovery. Most of all, it fails to address the issues that underlie porn use. Often, Christian advice either has its head in the…
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Baby Dedications: Are They For The Church Today? (SCOTTAUTRY.COM) The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith is a solid, though not infallible, guide for the Christian life. It is truth in summary form for the Christian to reference much in their pilgrimage here on Earth. I liken it to bowling with the rails up. It helps…
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5 Ways to Make the Most of Unemployment Have you ever faced unexpected unemployment? If not, it’s likely you know someone who has. Being out of a job may be precipitated by broader economic circumstances or by a lack of productivity and workplace fit. We may find ourselves out of work because we resigned, were…
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The Word Made Flesh (The LIGONIER STATEMENT on CHRISTOLOGY) We confess the mystery and wonder of God made flesh and rejoice in our great salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. With the Father and the Holy Spirit, the Son created all things, sustains all things, and makes all things new. Truly God, He became truly man, two natures in…
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Essential Truths for Your Everyday Work Article by: Robert Alexander A friend who just lost his job sits across from you with tears in his eyes. “I know I have a purpose,” he says. “I need to know that what I do matters, that I’m doing what God wants me to do.” “My work is…
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White Privilege? BY DOUG VAN METER (Brackenhurst Baptist Church) Recently, in a sermon, I said that I was not then going to wade into the current debate in our country about “white privilege.” But with this article, I am now entering what some may view as turbulent waters. I am persuaded that what follows is…
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Is It Real? 11 Biblical Tests of Genuine Salvation In 1746, about six years after the Great Awakening, in which Jonathan Edwards was the primary instrument of God to preach the gospel and bring about the greatest revival in American history thus far, Edwards wrote A Treatise Concerning the Religious Affections. He wrote it to…
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The 70 Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat him by his grace to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to his will, for Christ’s sake. Remember to read over these Resolutions once a week. Overall…
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