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The Good Grace of Being American

4 JUL 2024 · American citizens enjoy lavish blessings of common grace. Pastor John calls us to give thanks without giving away our far deeper allegiance to God’s special grace.

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Is My Joy Commanded or Spontaneous?

1 JUL 2024 · If joy in God is a gift from God, why does he also command us to rejoice? Pastor John takes us into a paradox that lies at the heart of the God-glorifying life.

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The Next Generation of Missionaries

27 JUN 2024 · The local church’s task of sending and sustaining long-term missionaries rests on several deep biblical assumptions. Pastor John shares five.

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How Your Heart Governs Your Mind

24 JUN 2024 · At the root of our sin is not a mind ignorant of God’s ways, but a darkened love, a hardened heart, and a will bent away from God’s ways.

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Resurrection Power for Our Pain

20 JUN 2024 · In this fallen age, resurrection power does not keep us from pain. Instead, it brings life to others as we keep loving Jesus in our pain.

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The Emotional Roller Coaster of Bible Reading

17 JUN 2024 · Bible reading can bring comfort, but Bible reading can also bring fear. How can we rightly embrace both the comfort of God’s promises and the fear of his warnings?

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Taste Test Your Way to God’s Will

13 JUN 2024 · Paul says that the renewed mind discerns God’s good will “by testing.” What does that testing look like in the thousands of everyday decisions we make?

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God’s Purpose in Our Boredom

10 JUN 2024 · Our boredom in this world is meant to point us to another world — a world where the infinitely interesting God will banish boredom forever.

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How Can I Convince Comfortable People to Embrace Christ?

6 JUN 2024 · No matter how comfortable our friends and neighbors may seem, they are headed for hell unless they repent. So, what words might break through their comfort?

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Satan, the ‘Prince of the Air’ — What Does That Mean?

3 JUN 2024 · Why does Paul call Satan “the prince of the power of the air”? Pastor John explores the extent of Satan’s authority and Christ’s decisive victory.

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