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Peter: What’s in a Name?

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What characterizes biblical leadership? Looking at Christ’s training of Peter, the article explains the battle between the temptation of sin and the call to spirituality in leadership.

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Peter: Raw Material for Leadership

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What characterizes biblical leadership? Looking at Christ’s training of Peter, the article explains three raw materials of leadership: being inquisitive, having initiative, and being involved.

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Peter: Learning from Life Experience

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What characterizes biblical leadership? Looking at Christ’s training of Peter, the article explains the place of life experience in leadership.

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Peter: The Submissive Leader

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What characterizes biblical leadership? This article considers Christ’s training of Peter in order to show that submission is something that should characterize leadership.

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Peter: The Compassionate and Courageous Leader

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What characterizes biblical leadership? Looking at Christ’s training of Peter, this article explains two characteristics of leadership: compassion and courage.

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Peter: The Servant Leader

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What characterizes biblical leadership? Looking at Christ’s training of Peter, the article explains three characteristics of leadership: restraint, humility, and servanthood.

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How Do You Measure Up?

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How do you know if you are growing spiritually? Here are eight signs that point to true biblical sanctification in your life.

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Zephaniah

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This article provides an introduction to the prophecy of Zephaniah.

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If worship does not change us it has not been worship. John MacArthur
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It is difficult to see how Christianity can have a positive effect on society if it cannot transform its own homes. John MacArthur
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The Blessings of Forgiveness

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Forgiveness is the soil in which spiritual fruits and divine blessings are cultivated. This article explains that extending forgiveness to others brings great blessings upon the Christian life.

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John 21:15-17 – Simon Peter, Do You Love Me?

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The restoration of Peter as recorded in John 21:15-17 teaches us that obedience is the essential evidence of genuine love.

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Romans 16:1-2 – Was Phoebe a Deaconess?

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Who was Phoebe? Was she a deaconess? How did she serve the church? What does this mean for women in the church today? From Romans 16:1-2 this article tackles these questions.

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Ephesians 6:17 – What Is the Helmet of Salvation?

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Christians are expected to put on the helmet of salvation for their engagement in spiritual warfare. What is the helmet of salvation and why is it important? The article explains from Ephesians 6:17.

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1 Corinthians 12:28-30 – What Is an Apostle?

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What offices did God give to his church? This article explains the list of gifted men and spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. Among these gifts are apostles, prophets, and teachers.

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Matthew 5:22 – Hell and the Name Caller

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Can calling someone a fool take you to hell? Yes. Why? Calling a person a fool is equal to cursing and murdering him. The article explains from Matthew 5:22.

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Do Believers Have Guardian Angels?

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Does every believer have a guardian angel? Does not Matthew 18:10 imply that believers have guardian angels? The article engages with these questions

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The Defining Character of Ministry

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What ought to be the character of one's pastoral ministry? Based on 1 Thessalonians 2, this article explains six things should characterize one's leadership.

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Do You Draw Near?

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How do you draw near to God in a way that you can discover his wonders? This article addresses this question, explaining that true worship is drawing near to God in a mind renewed by the truth of God. It offers some pointers on how to prepare for worship.

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Dealing with Problem People

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How do you deal with problem people in the church? 1 Thessalonians 5:14 identifies three groups of problem people: unruly, fainthearted, and weak. This article explains how do you deal with such church members.

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Crass Christianity What happens when the Great Commission becomes a Marketing Manifesto?

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Can entertainment bright about church growth? This article shows what happens when the church adopts pragmatism.

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No Soft Soap The Gospel is Confronting, Compromising on that is a Betrayal

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Has the church growth movement become pragmatic, compromising the gospel in its preaching? This article answers in the affirmative, explaining that the gospel message is a confrontational message.

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The Core Belief Jesus clearly Taught Justification by Faith, the Key Doctrine to get Right

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In answer to the New Perspective on Paul, this article shows that Paul is not the only one who taught justification by faith. In fact, Jesus Christ taught the same doctrine. This article proves that and points to the reality that without this doctrine, there is no hope for salvation.

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The Mandate of Biblical Inerrancy: Expository Preaching

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This article shows that the only logical consequence of confessing the inerrancy of Scripture is expository preaching. Such preaching is the only method that preserves the purity of Scripture.

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Is the Lord's Return Imminent?

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This article explains how the New Testament authors could say that the second coming of Christ was imminent, even though now 2,000 years have passed and he has yet to return. The day is still at hand today, since no other events need to happen on the prophetic calendar before the return of Christ.

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The Love You Don't Need

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This article discusses the kind of love we need to show, in light of Ephesians 5:1-3.

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The Legacy of Long-Term Ministry

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This article makes a case for long-term ministry in one place. It offers four suggestions that may enable one to sustain such a ministry.

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Isaiah 52:14 – The Astonishing Humiliation of Christ

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This article explains the humiliation of Christ from an Old Testament perspective, with a focus on Isaiah 52:14.

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Why We Should Not Fear Satan and Demons

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This article considers how Satan and demons are present in the world today, and looks at the power they possess, and yet how weak and vulnerable they are to the Lord.

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Eight Characteristics of the Decree of God

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This article features some of the major characteristics of the decree of God, with ample biblical support.

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The Glory of Heaven – Heaven Is Real; Hallucinations Are Not

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Chapter 2 addresses man’s ill-motivated interest in heaven, angels, and the afterlife. Much of this interest flows from gullible superstition, Gnosticism, occultism, or New Age philosophies.

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The Glory of Heaven – Heavenly Hash

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What is heaven and what might it be like? Heaven is often associated with the life hereafter. In chapter 1 of this book, the author attempts to explain why every major religion and every significant culture in human history has had some notion of heaven or “paradise.” Different names are used: nirvana, Elysium, Valhalla, Utopia, Shangri-La, etc.

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The Sufficiency of Scripture When Evangelicals Attack God’s Word

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The increasing reliance on entertainment, mysticism, and psychology in the church is a clear sign that the sufficiency of Scripture is under attack. Let the article explain how.

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Vital Members

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This article addresses one of the main weaknesses of the seeker-sensitive approach to the church's worship service, which is the lack of participation of the rest of the congregation members in ministry.

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The Necessities of Effective Prayer (Part 1)

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The Necessities of Effective Prayer (Part 2)

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Re-examining the Eternal Sonship of Christ

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This article is about the eternal sonship of Jesus Christ, and Jesus as the only begotten son of the Father. The author also discusses Hebrews 1:5, the eternal generation of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ of the same essence as his Father.

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There ought to be enough electricity in every church service to give everybody in the congregation either a charge or a shock! Vance Havner
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