The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples by Michael Horton

The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples by Michael Horton

Of the following series on evangelism and missions, Pastor Emilio simply said, “Horton on Evangelism, he does a great job.” To Download MP3 Right click and save to your hard drive… An Introduction to Evangelism and Mission – Class 1 (MP3) The Basis for the Great Commission – Class 2 (MP3) The Great Commission – Class 3 (MP3) The Great Commission – Class 4 (MP3) The Great Commission – Class...

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How to Build Unity in Your Church

How to Build Unity in Your Church

Part 1 “Yesterday I wrote about Satan’s Great Desire which is to bring about disunity in your local church, somehow convincing you that the people in your church are no longer worthy of your love. I ended by giving the encouragement that God has equipped us to build and maintain this kind of unity and that all we need to do is use the tools he has equipped us with. How has he equipped us? According to Ephesians 4, he has given each of...

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Satan’s Great Desire For Our Church

Satan’s Great Desire For Our Church

 Tim Challies, who spoke at the last Psalm 119 Conference, wrote a two part series on love and unity in the local church. Here is part one: “I have been engaged in a study of the second half of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, and, not surprisingly, the themes from that letter have been resonating in my mind over the past few weeks. I have been struck by Paul’s emphasis on the importance of love and unity in the local church. On the...

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The Law-Fulfilling Power of the Holy Spirit

The Law-Fulfilling Power of the Holy Spirit

  so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. – Romans 8:4   “Look, if the preacher says God wants you to be happy, then multitudes of the people who want to be happy will flock to Jesus. “Jesus, make me happy.” If the preacher says, “If you’re sick, you’ve got a marriage problem, financial frustration,...

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Profiting from God’s Word

Profiting from God’s Word

Dr. Bob Gonzales, Dean of Reformed Baptist Seminary, writes: As we transitioned to a “new year,” many of us resolved to spend more quality time in the Scriptures. In light of this, I’d like to encourage… [you] to invest just twenty-minutes and watch the video below [based on James 1:16-27]. Pastor Greg Nichols, a professor of Systematic Theology for RBS, develops the theme of profiting from God’s word under the headings of...

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Glory to God & Going to Church

Glory to God & Going to Church

from Kevin DeYoung’s “Glory of God” series: Ephesians 3:14-21 …to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus… (v. 21) As a pastor I hear the question fairly often: “Why do Christians need to go church?” Sometimes the questioner is a young child wanting to get out of his boredom on Sunday morning. Other times the questioner sincerely wonders why we must be a part of a church if we can have a relationship with God...

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Resurrection: Your Body Is For Eternity

Resurrection: Your Body Is For Eternity

[Continued from "A Theology of the Body - Part VIII"] Your Ultimate Body “Death is swallowed up in victory!” (1 Cor. 15:54) This cry of exultation will accompany the return of Jesus Christ, which will result in major changes for those who have already died and for those who are alive at his second coming. Paul describes this event and its mysterious corollaries: I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,...

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Q&A with Al Mohler from Expositor’s Conference

Q&A with Al Mohler from Expositor’s Conference

Pastor Jay recommended the following Q&A, which features Al Mohler addressing the following question at the Expositor’s Conference 2011: 1:52 – Given your experience in Southern Baptist life, has church autonomy been a determent or a benefit to us? 4:25 – What about churches with itching ears? 6:55 – How involved should a pastor be in current events? 11:09 – Since doctrinal precision is important, how do we...

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