Monthly Archives: December 2016

A Reductive Gospel – Part 2

Posted on December 12, 2016 by pastormike

It may be easy for you see how repentance has been eliminated from our modern-day gospel message. And for some it may seem as if I have added a work called repentance to the Gospel. Of course you can only … Continue reading →

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Have You Lost Your First Love?

Posted on December 10, 2016 by pastormike

Revelation 2:4-5 (NKJV) 4  Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5  Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and … Continue reading →

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Do You Know What You Believe

Posted on December 10, 2016 by pastormike

This is a short video by J.I. Packer on Faith. To the point and thought provoking and spot on!

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A Reductive Gospel – Part 1

Posted on December 9, 2016 by pastormike

It never ceases to amaze me how the Gospel message finds itself under attack in the name of evangelism.  While the message is simple it is not simplistic.  Just what do I mean by that?  Often the Gospel message is … Continue reading →

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Is This Blog Just For Men?

Posted on December 9, 2016 by pastormike

Not at All. The name of the post comes from a quote from C.S. Lewis; “We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise.” C.S. Lewis, “The Abolition of Man” (New York: Touchstone, 1996), pp. 35. The point … Continue reading →

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The God of the Universe and You

Posted on December 8, 2016 by pastormike

Galatians 4:4-5 (ESV) 4  But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5  to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as … Continue reading →

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Perseverance Of The Saints and the Westminster Confession

Posted on December 7, 2016 by pastormike

Whenever I hear someone critical of the doctrine of the security of the believer, and properly called the “perseverance of the saints”, the question comes up;  “Is he a Baptist?”  This doctrine is not peculiar to Baptists but is held … Continue reading →

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Gospel Thanks

Posted on December 6, 2016 by pastormike

The great English pastor and commentator Matthew Henry (1662-1714) wrote a book on prayer just two years before his death;  “A Method for Prayer.”   It is the result of a life of meditating upon and praying through the Scriptures. This book … Continue reading →

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A Heart of Gratitude

Posted on December 2, 2016 by pastormike

Romans 1:21 (ESV) 21  For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. This passage diagnosed the real heart … Continue reading →

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