Ministry of the Word
Category for posts offering reflections and comments on important Bible passages and how a Christian perspective informs a person’s view of current events.
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Intro: Just a few months ago I finished a counseling case that I thought would especially apply to our message today. After talking with her and gaining her permission, let me share her case with you. I am going to call her Lisa, though that is not her real name. In our first few sessions
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Intro: This past week the Chicago Cubs made history as they broke a 108 year World Series drought and a 71 year deficit in bringing home the National League Pennant. It was hard not to pull for the Cubs even if you are not a baseball fan. That said, did you hear the story of
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Intro: Paul says four times in the span of these eleven verses that he is sending someone to the Philippians (2:19,23,25,28). Such mentions of sending associates normally occur at the end of an epistle like Romans 16:1-2. When we see a word like send four times in such a small passage and it should make
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Intro: For the past few weeks Jack and I have been preparing the study guides for our next Sunday Night Bible Study. The book we are using for the study seeks to describe the lives of missionaries with one key Scripture. After preparing several of these study guides I am amazed at how great each
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Intro: In His book Humility C.J. Mahaney offers this definition for humility: “Humility is honestly addressing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness”. From this definition Mahaney then spends the remainder of his 200 page book exploring and explaining that definition and is biblical basis. While we do not have that kind of
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Intro: Today we return to our series through the book of Philippians. In chapter one of Philippians Paul came back again and again to the theme of how Christ makes a difference in the life of the believer. Consider the difference Christ makes in these verses: He is at work when we are at our
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