1. Repentance According to the Scriptures: 2 Peter 3-8-9

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    04/01/21
    7 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Repentance means to turn or change your mind. It is not a turn from sin to righteousness. It is a turn from sin to the righteous Son of God who has defeated all sin.
    Repentance According to the Scriptures: 2 Peter 3-8-9

  2. Shawshank Redemption and Confession of Sin

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    03/13/21
    10 mins
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    By Scott Davis
    Jesus lives to intercede. So we needn’t bring him our feigned righteousness or our faux rehabilitation.
    Shawshank Redemption and Confession of Sin

  3. The Sandlot Gospel

    book
    02/20/21
    8 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    The forgiveness of your sins and your reconciliation with God the Father courtesy of Christ’s cross and blood is gifted to you, for you.
    The Sandlot Gospel

  4. God Breaks the Silence

    book
    01/06/21
    6 mins
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    By Brad Soenksen
    What more could God do to prove to us that he is for us and not against us than to give his own Son into this fallen world to take the cross in our place, exchanging his righteousness for our many sins.
    God Breaks the Silence

  5. The Mystery of God's Incarnation

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    12/29/20
    6 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Christmas-time is the bold proclamation that God was born to save sinners.
    The Mystery of God's Incarnation

  6. A Living Word

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    12/28/20
    18 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    God's Word is the final word on you, and his claim on you as his people, his children, is the ultimate claim.
    A Living Word

  7. A Nativity Sermon

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    12/25/20
    9 mins
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    By John Chrysostom
    Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the Nativity. For this day the ancient slavery is ended, the power of death is broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed from us, error-driven out, and truth has been brought back.
    A Nativity Sermon

  8. God is not Dead nor does He Sleep: Christmas Bells in 2020

    book
    12/25/20
    8 mins
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    By Dan van Voorhis
    This story of despair met with the hope of the gospel is rightly told by many during the holiday season.
    God is not Dead nor does He Sleep: Christmas Bells in 2020

  9. Haunted by the Light: A Poetic Narrative

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    12/24/20
    8 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    The child was sleeping deep within the manger, sod, & hay. His tiny cries raised a heavn’ly din, on this most sacred day.
    Haunted by the Light: A Poetic Narrative

  10. A Christmas Bouquet

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    12/23/20
    10 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    This Jesus, Savior of sinners, does not do his work from afar. He comes to dwell with us, humbling himself, taking on flesh, that we might be redeemed.
    A Christmas Bouquet

  11. The Christmas Star

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    12/22/20
    8 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    The miracle of the gift of faith is very much like the Christmas star. It came without invitation. It came without our deciding to accept it. It came without us choosing to believe it was true.
    The Christmas Star

  12. Jesus Published and Blazed Forth

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    12/22/20
    10 mins
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    By David Rufner
    I hope this Christmastime affords ample opportunities for you to publish the Good News of Jesus Christ.
    Jesus Published and Blazed Forth
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