Faith – Buzzword of Christianesse Other than Grace, Faith is perhaps the most misused and misunderstood word in the Christian vernacular. In its common usage throughout scripture, and especially the New Testament, it simply means full, relational trust in someone. Though “relational” is not technically part of the definition, it is part of the process! Trust is a relational term at its core, but when it is used in the realm of the “religious” it often becomes a work and is therefore NOT relational. AS such it becomes a merit badge rather than a proof of intimacy. This is especially true when […]
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Wednesday 05-08-13
Podcast: Download (19.4MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness & Healing.mp3 Key Text: 1 Cor. 2:16 Phil. 2:1-9 1 Peter 3:15 Gal. 6:7,8 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Overview: Tonight our worship time was a bit different than normal for our group in that we only sang one song that is rather long, but is very powerful if you will allow yourself to be draw into a place of deep adoration and worship of God by almost singing these words as a prayer to God. I know there are those out there who […]
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And He Healed them all: The Purchase Price of Healing I.mp3 Key Text: Exod. 15:26 Deut. 7:2-15 2 Thess. 2:16 Matt. 8:13-17 1 Peter 2:17-25 Isaiah 53 Overview: I began by asking some simple questions. What is sickness? What is disease? While technically they are not the same thing, for our purposes we came to the conclusion that all sickness and disease are a corruption of God’s original design for our bodies. Whether it be an abnormality, infection, a parasite, a wound, a deficiency or a tumorous growth – they are all a corruption or a corrupting influence […]
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