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This world is suffused with the present, active and immediate power of God

This world is suffused with the present, active and immediate power of God

Introduction It is our custom every Sunday to conclude the first half of our worship service (as we just did) by singing the Doxology (literally, “word of glory”). This is part of our order of worship as a way for us to sort of “wrap up” everything that we have done and said and sang and read and prayed…

(READ EPHESIANS 2:1-7 ) Introduction In December of 1924, the frontier town of Nome, Alaska began suffering from an outbreak of diphtheria. Now, we are immeasurably blessed by God to live in a time and place where the mention of “diphtheria” elicits nothing more than a sympathetic murmur. But in the…

Those who claim to want the Holy Spirit to fill their lives must delight in filling their lives with the Bible

Those who claim to want the Holy Spirit to fill their lives must delight in filling their lives with the Bible

A Christian will always relate to the Holy Spirit with reverence and holy fear, never with carelessness or presumption

A Christian will always relate to the Holy Spirit with reverence and holy fear, never with carelessness or presumption

Introduction Several years ago I was helping a new pastor move his furniture into his home. Among the items that needed to be moved in were his washer and dryer set, which had to go down into the basement of the Depression-era house. So you know what that meant—the only exterior access was through the…

Introduction Several years ago I was helping a new pastor move his furniture into his home. Among the items that needed to be moved in were his washer and dryer set, which had to go down into the basement of the Depression-era house. So you know what that meant—the only exterior access was through the…