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Divine Satisfaction

9/27/2015

Objects of Divine Satisfaction
by Alistair Begg, Truth for Life
One Place

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:6

...Rejoice then, believer, in this: You are blessed "in the Beloved." You look within, and you say, "There is nothing acceptable here!" But look at Christ, and see if everything is not acceptable there. Your sins trouble you; but God has cast your sins behind His back, and you are accepted and blessed in the Righteous One. You have to fight with corruption and wrestle with temptation, but you are already accepted in Him who has overcome the powers of evil. The devil tempts you, but be of good cheer-he cannot destroy you, for you are accepted in Him who has broken Satan's head...

Seated Together

9/27/2015

Seated Together
Offered by Moody Publishers
The Word to Life

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As women in ministry, we can spend so much time serving others that we neglect our own hearts. We want to offer you this free, short magazine—with articles on battling comparison, serving single moms and millennials, mentoring, and more—to nourish you with encouragement and insight.

God's peace to you,
Moody Publishers

He Rescues

9/21/2015

Patterns of Evidence

9/19/2015

Filmmaker Makes Journey of Faith to Prove Reality of Exodus Story...
by Andre Mitchell
Christian Today

‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’

The Old Testament of the Bible tells in the Book of Exodus how God's chosen people, the Israelites, escaped from slavery in Egypt and reached the Promised Land, Canaan.

For years, however, many sceptics have dismissed the Exodus story as a myth, citing the lack of archaeological evidence to support the events described in the Bible.

To examine the truth behind the story of the Israelites' escape from Egypt, filmmaker Tim Mahoney set out on a journey of faith. To his utter surprise, he found evidence that supports the Exodus story written in the Bible.

"What started out as a crisis of my own faith led to an incredible journey of discovery," Mahoney shared.

The filmmaker explained that archaeologists could not find historical evidence to support the Exodus story because they were looking at the wrong time period...

What Makes A Church?

9/19/2015

Marks of a Biblical Church, What Makes a Church a Church?
by Ed Stetzer
Christianity Today

Courtesy Christianity Today

When I say the word “church,” what comes to mind? A small red brick building with a cross standing high above a steeple or a large gothic European cathedral? An enormous suburban megachurch or a small, but crowded Asian home?

Depending on our cultural context and personal experiences, different images pop in our head when we think about a church, but hopefully we all understand that those buildings are not a church. With such contrasting pictures in our minds, however, how can we tell what truly constitutes a church? That’s where ecclesiology comes in.

Ecclesiology, the theological study of the church, is a big theological term, and rightly so. It must bear a great deal of theological weight. What we believe about ecclesiology shapes the way the church is structured, how the people relate to one another, and how it goes about accomplishing its mission.

When I say the word “church,” what comes to mind?
Historically, ecclesiology has been an important aspect of Christian theology. Every generation has outlined certain distinguishing marks of a church. The Reformers said it was “the right administration of the sacraments” and “the right preaching of the word.” Catholics pointed to, among other things, apostolic succession. For 2,000 years, people have been talking about what makes a church a church—until recently.

Regretfully, the extent of the ecclesiology in most of our churches today is weak. People identify a church simply because it meets and has the word “church” in its name. But beyond that, there is an acute misunderstanding as to how we identify biblical churches...

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 3:8-10

The Father of Lights

9/19/2015

Adapted from John Gills Exposition of the Bible
Bible Study Tools

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
James 1:17

Whether of nature, providence, or grace, and especially the latter; spiritual gifts given along with Christ, or spiritual blessings in him; every such gift is; as the Vulgate Latin version reads, the "best" gift; better than those which only relate to the present life: and is "perfect" such as the gifts of righteousness, remission of sins, adoption, regeneration, and eternal life. The Jews say F11, that the good things of this world are not truly good, in comparison of the good things of the world to come, and are not (bwj rwmg), "a perfect good." And every such an one is from above; is not from a man's self, from the creature, or from below, but from heaven, and from God who dwells there:

or author of lights; of all corporeal light; as the sun, moon, and stars; of all natural, rational, and moral light, in angels and men; of all spiritual light, or the light of grace in regenerate persons; and of eternal light, the light of glory in the spirits of just then made perfect:

as there is in that great luminary, the sun in the firmament, which has its parallaxes, eclipses, and turnings, and casts its shadow; it rises and sets, appears and disappears every day; and it comes out of one tropic, and enters into another at certain seasons of the year: but with God, who is light itself, and in him is no darkness at all, there is no change, nor anything like it; he is changeable in his nature, perfections, purposes, promises, and gifts; wherefore he being holy, cannot turn to that which is evil; nor can he, who is the fountain of light, be the cause of darkness, or admit of any in him; and since every good and perfect gift comes from him, evil cannot proceed from him, nor can he tempt any to it.

Rejoice

9/12/2015

27 Reasons Why Every Believer in Jesus Should Rejoice Always
by Mark Altrogge
Bible Study Tools

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Philippians 4:4

There is no way we can begin to number the blessings God has heaped upon those who believe in his Son, but here are a few spiritual blessings we should regularly recall, thank God for, and rejoice in...

11. We have unlimited access to the throne of grace

Being Nice

9/9/2015

Ann Barnhardt explains how the false virtue of "being nice" is systematically destroying
the United States, the Church, and Western Civilization.

The God Is The God

9/7/2015

Discover God
by Berni Dymet
Christianity Works

When you look down through the history of humanity, every belief system that includes a god or some supreme being, involves us humans working our way into the gods’ favour.

The god is the god – and we’re just people and we have to do stuff to appease the god. Otherwise the god will punish us. It’s always the same basic pattern.

And then one starry night, in a stable in Bethlehem, the pattern was broken. God brought His Son into the world and punished Him for our sin.

And then He turned around and said – if you believe that I punished my Son for you, and that I can now forgive you – if you believe that, then you’re forgiven. Then you have eternal life.

We call it grace. Something you can’t earn. Something that’s absolutely free. And doesn’t matter how many religions and belief systems and gods we try……there’s only one place to discover the grace of God.

Jesus

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