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June 1, 2016

Message Monday (on a Wednesday): When God Asks for What is Precious…

I have fallen a bit behind in posting my message notes, but want to make sure that I try to catch up today. I only had a very short outline and message for this past week’s message, so I will try to post it later this week. Today, I am posting my message from 05/22/16.
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May 16, 2016

Message Monday: Handling Conflict God’s Way – Does it Matter What Bathrooms Christians Use?

I delivered this message to our congregation yesterday May 15, 2016. As you read it, pray for school administrators, teachers, parents and students. Pray for those who struggle with gender confusion and those in their families. Pray that our nation would remember the importance of a person’s religious identity even as they recognize the importance
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May 12, 2016

Worldview Wednesday: Praying for the Nation

There can be not doubt about it, erotic liberty is here to stay no matter how much believers might bemoan it. Whether it is the now year old Supreme Court decision for same sex couples to pursue marriage, or the push now to have transgender bathrooms, or the emerging call for polygamy and other alternative
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May 11, 2016

Message Monday: If Mama Ain’t Happy, Can Anybody be Happy?

Admittedly this post is a little late, but I thought it would be wise to share with those in the church family the rest of my message from mother’s day. This is not a full manuscript, but my bullet points. Intro: We have all heard the phrase I titled the message after. If this kind
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May 20, 2015

When Forever Doesn’t Seem So Good…

Often in preaching we hear the pastor talk about living forever as if the best thing about Jesus saving us is that we get to live forever. Can we as biblical believers really understand “forever” or “everlasting” automatically as something good? Think for example of Ecclesiastes 3:11 which testifies that God makes everything beautiful in
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January 14, 2015

Perry Noble’s 10 Promises Matter Because…

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January 14, 2015

Does it Matter that Perry Noble Believes They Are the 10 Promises?

Through the past week, several members of my church approached me and wanted me to respond to the message Perry Noble preached at New Spring on Christmas Eve. For most the three concerns they expressed revolved around 1) changing the word commandment to promise, 2) rewriting the commandments as promises, and 3) Noble’s attitude concerning
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