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Transformation Produces Separation
Transformation Produces Separation
For us to be transformed into the image of Christ, one essential factor is that we don't conform to this world. We can't let the world define terms and morality for us; we have to renew our minds according to how God defines terms.
The Foundation of a Transformed Life
The Foundation of a Transformed Life
If you are a Christian, your life is one of continual transformation into the image of Christ. But if we are to be transformed, we need to know the foundation of that transformation. If we fail to understand the found...
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
In order to go to heaven, you must be as holy as God and have a perfect record in keeping all of God's commandments. Every human being has failed miserably...
What Should Make Us Angry?
What Should Make Us Angry?
We typically think of anger as a work of the flesh that we need to put to death and flee from. And in most cases it certainly is, but there actually is a time and place to be angry.
Good Anger & Bad Anger
Good Anger & Bad Anger
Christians have been recreated in the likeness of God, and one of God's attributes that we're actually called to have is anger.
Why Do People Lie? They Love Themselves
Why Do People Lie? They Love Themselves
And why do people lie? You don't have to think too hard about it. It's not rocket science here. If you want to boil it down, it comes down to this - it comes down to this desire: Man loves himself. It's selfish what's...
Put Off Lying & Falsehood
Put Off Lying & Falsehood
The Bible calls us to put off the old man with his practices, and one practice, in particular, is lying. Interestingly, one of the reasons Paul tells us to put off lying is because we are members of one another.
Don’t Just Have External Conformity
Don’t Just Have External Conformity
Being a Christian isn't just learning how to say the right things. It is very easy to join a biblical church and try to externally mimic the behavior and speech of everyone there.
The Christian is a New Man
The Christian is a New Man
The Christian is not someone who is trying to better themselves; the Christian is someone who has been recreated and made new.
Abiding in Christ
Abiding in Christ
Jesus Christ is the True Vine for us to abide in and bear fruit. Fruit doesn't earn us salvation, but it is the infallible proof that our faith is genuine.
Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind
Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind
So much of the Christian life consists of the mind being renewed and working properly. We must not settle for mere outward imitation and external conformity; we must be renewed in the spirit of our minds.
Give God No Rest
Give God No Rest
God makes amazing and incredible promises to us in His Word. But do the promises of God towards His people resemble our present condition?
Should I Only Marry a Virgin?
Should I Only Marry a Virgin?
Is it an unreasonable standard to want to marry someone only if they are a virgin? Should their immoral past be more important than their present godliness?
David’s Great Sin
David’s Great Sin
David conquered the giant Goliath but fell to a bigger giant, that of fleshly lusts. When you look at his life as a whole, you just cannot believe that this great sin happened to him.
Do You Use Facebook to Platform Yourself as an Authority?
Do You Use Facebook to Platform Yourself as an Authority?
Social media has become such a convenient platform for people to display themselves as an authority on certain matters.
Sanctification is Not Passive
Sanctification is Not Passive
One of the greatest hindrances to sanctification is when we view it as though it is passive. We are not told to be passive in dealing with sin, but rather we are called to actively put it off.
Experiential Christianity
Experiential Christianity
Christianity is not just all about head knowledge and getting the facts right. We need the experiential reality of that knowledge to be vibrant in our own souls.
What is the “Old Man”?
What is the “Old Man”?
What does the Bible mean when it talks about the "old man"? Do we still have the old man? Is the old man completely gone? Is there a tension or balance between the two?
The Exalted Christ
The Exalted Christ
Sadly, we can love the idea of Jesus more than Jesus Himself. It's so easy to take our eyes off of Christ and put them on something else.
The LORD Regretted That He Had Made Man?
The LORD Regretted That He Had Made Man?
Genesis 6:6 - And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Two Obstacles: Angry Men and Immodest Women
Two Obstacles: Angry Men and Immodest Women
Two great obstacles to the completion of the mission of the church are angry men and immodest women. In this sermon, Ryan Fullerton deals with 1 Timothy 2:8-10 to show how angry men who do not pray and women who dress...
Learning Christ
Learning Christ
Being a Christian is not just learning facts about Christ, but rather it is actually learning Christ personally. This is what causes us to live radically different from how we lived formerly.
The Worth of One Sinner
The Worth of One Sinner
Many "churches" are impressed by big numbers, but Jesus is concerned about the individual. Christ considers one sinner worth dying for...
Crushing Idols and Communing With God
Crushing Idols and Communing With God
Are willing to eliminate things in our lives that are displeasing to God? Are we willing to be rid of idols in our lives that are not only displeasing...
The Seed of the Woman & The Serpent
The Seed of the Woman & The Serpent
A major theme in the Bible is the battle between Christ and the Devil. We see this promised from the very beginning in Genesis 3. Because of the Fall...
The Truth is Never Arrogant
The Truth is Never Arrogant
The truth is never arrogant but the truth is a matter of fact. Now in the delivery of the truth, the messenger can be proud, unloving and arrogant. It is true that our actions...
The Exclusivity of Christianity
The Exclusivity of Christianity
Christianity is the exclusive faith that can save us and bring us to heaven. There's only one God and one Savior and the Bible is dogmatically clear on this.
Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Crown
Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Crown
Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
Do Not Scoff at God’s Warnings
Do Not Scoff at God’s Warnings
God is mercifully giving warnings of His coming judgment so that we can find refuge. Do not scoff at God's warnings.
The Christian’s Boldness and Confidence
The Christian’s Boldness and Confidence
Jesus Christ is the Christian's foundation for having bold access to God. It is not our performance that allows us to come boldly before God, but the merits of Christ.
Is it Right to Alert Pastors When You See Problems and Divisions Arising?
Is it Right to Alert Pastors When You See Problems and Divisions Arising?
Do members of a church have the responsibility to alert the pastors when they see divisions arising in the church?
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Why are so many millennials leaving the church? It seems fewer people are attending a church in this generation than in previous generations.
Married With a Lost Spouse: What to Do?
Married With a Lost Spouse: What to Do?
What should a newly saved Christian husband and father do who has a lost and contentious wife? Tim first considers how the believer must think correctly...
Why is This World the Way That It Is?
Why is This World the Way That It Is?
There are two very important questions we all should be asking: 1. Why are things the way they are in this world? 2. How do we fix it?
Don’t Pray Like a Modalist
Don’t Pray Like a Modalist
The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is God, but do not mistake that to mean that Jesus Christ is the Father. We should not attribute things to the Father that are exclusively attributed to the Son, and vice versa.
Sin Did Not Kill Jesus Christ
Sin Did Not Kill Jesus Christ
Christian, sin didn't kill Jesus Christ for you. God (your Father) killed Jesus Christ for you.
D.E. Hoste: Soldier and Humble Prayer Warrior for Christ
D.E. Hoste: Soldier and Humble Prayer Warrior for Christ
D.E. Hoste (1861-1946) succeeded Hudson Taylor as the General Director of the China Inland Mission. He lived as a devoted soldier of the Lord Jesus and had a passion to win souls for Christ.
Obeying God by Disobeying My Husband?
Obeying God by Disobeying My Husband?
The Bible clearly commands wives to submit to their husbands. But is there a time when wives should disobey? Is it possible to disobey their husbands graciously and respectfully?
God Is Not On Trial, You Are
God Is Not On Trial, You Are
One thing that becomes a reality is that man suddenly realizes that God is not the one that is on trial, he is.
Where is Adam?
Where is Adam?
All of us, like Adam after he sinned, are trying to hide and get away from God. But for some people, there is a time when God comes...