September 23, 2017
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Holiness, Jesus, Kingdom
If our church is to have a culture of holiness, we will need to wake up. It is too easy for Christians to get drowsy and relaxed in the fight against lust in the mind and sexual immorality in the heart and hand. ...
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May 27, 2016
by Terry Stauffer
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Theology | Tags: Assurance, Holiness, Righteousness
I've been thinking about the apparent tension between having confidence that we are safely Christian ...
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May 20, 2016
by Terry Stauffer
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Life Application | Tags: Holiness, Prayer, Warfare
Prayer is hard work. External distractions may be managed by going into another room and leaving our phone out of reach, but what about internal distractions, how do we manage those?...
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February 4, 2016
by Clint Humfrey
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Life Application | Tags: Commonplace, Holiness
One of the things that happens when you do something for a while is that you start to de-prioritize it. When life is busy, the things that used to be special become commonplace. As the old saying goes, 'familiarity breeds contempt'. ...
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August 7, 2015
by Paul Toews
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Life Application | Tags: character, Godliness, Holiness
Thomas Watson, in “The Godly Man’s Picture”, puts forth 24 characteristics of a godly person. The first is that they are spiritually knowledgeable. This knowledge is grounded in the faith (Col. 1:23). It is one that esteems God and energizes (enlivens) the spirit. It is applicable to our sinful nature and transforms that nature (2 Cor. 3:18). It is a knowledge t...
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July 31, 2015
| Tags: character, Godliness, Godly, Holiness
Have you ever thought to yourself, “He is a godly man” or “She is a godly woman”? While there are some unique expressions of godliness in a biblical understanding of manhood and womanhood, there are many common characteristics of a godly person....
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