Jesus Didn’t Come To Make Our Lives Comfortable.

Jan 07

I enjoy comfort. Actually I desire comfort. I want comfort for my children, my children’s children and their children. I hope to live my life in a way that enables them to live in comfort. I want to retire in comfort. I want my wife to be surrounded with comfort, I want to provide her comfort and receive comfort. There is nothing wrong with comfort. The...

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Grumbling This Side of The Cross

Jan 05

I have been meditating on grumbling over the last two weeks or so. It really came to head about a week ago and even more Monday. The cleaners lost two of my brand new shirts. Shirts I haven’t even worn yet, but was taking them to get pressed and I was very upset. I didn’t say much or do much but I am sure the woman so the frustration on my face and in my...

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Did God Orchestrate The Fall For His Glory: Human Freedom Within the Circumference of Sovereingty

Apr 29

This is more of a philosophical wrestling than it is a theological treatise of types. Being a “Calvinist” (of some sorts) for the last 6 plus years was very rewarding. I learned a great deal under that specific theological persuasion. A good deal about myself and others. Especially things such as tolerance, patience and how to debate lovingly. It was...

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Prayer and The Sovereignty of God

Jan 13

This is a post by my good friend Artiz Stroud. He will present it to the church at a later date but he has given me permission to post it here. God’s Sovereignty in Prayer: Part 1 Good morning or evening saints, recently, the Lord challenged my thoughts with a question that I just have to share. I’m pretty sure some of you have had this same question roaming...

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