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The pursuit of illumination

What does this mean for the unbeliever? It means that you should be smitten with grief over your willful blindness to Jesus Christ. You are guilty for your blindness, for your heart hates the light. You resist the Holy Spirit. You deserve for God to hand you over to Satan’s...

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“He Suffered”: Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:18-19 (1) The centrality of Christ’s blood; (2) The cost of Christ’s blood; (3) The capability of Christ’s blood....

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Deliverance from Worldliness

God delivers His people from worldliness in three ways: 1. Initial deliverance. Every true work of grace in the heart of a sinner includes radical deliverance from the world and a lifestyle of worldliness. The umbilical cord that tied us to the womb of worldliness is cut when we are...

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Experiential preaching is applicatory

Experiential preaching is applicatory. It applies the text to every aspect of the listener’s life, promoting religion that is not just a “form of godliness” but also the “power” of God (2 Tim. 3:5). Robert Burns (1789–1869) says that experiential religion is “Christianity brought home to ‘men’s business and bosoms.’”...

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What is the Believer’s Responsibility to the World?

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Developing Good Communication Skills

When you marry, you enter a covenant of companionship. Malachi 2:14 says, “The wife of thy youth” is “thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.” But healthy, God-honoring companionship cannot exist without good communication. As husband and wife, you must seek by God’s grace to develop good ways of...

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Paul’s Great, Christ-centered Confession of Faith

(1) The special characteristics of this confession; (2) The Christ-centered articles of this Confession; (3) The practical imperatives of this confession...

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Assurance Well-Cultivated Produces Fruits

Westminster 18.3 stresses that assurance produces God-glorifying, delightful fruit, so that the believer’s “heart may be enlarged in peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, in love and thankfulness to God, and in strength and cheerfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance; so far is...

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Jesus as Our Mediator

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:20–2:5 1. What He must be a. Truly human b. Practical applications c. Truly God d. Practical applications 2. Who He is a. Our Lord Jesus Christ b. Our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption 3. How we know Him a. From the holy gospel b. Practical...

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The Great Peacemaker

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