Introduction Today we are going to examine 1 Peter 1:13-25. Peter in 1st Peter 1:13-21 teaches that the inheritance promised to followers of Christ should motivate them to set their hope entirely on their future reward (vv.13-15) and to live in fear of the God who redeemed them at the cost of his own Son (vv.17-21). […]
Jesus gave His Church a mission to complete, a mission that begins and ends with Himself and His declaration that He came to seek and save the lost, mend the broken hearted, restore families, people groups and nations to Himself for His joy, and glory. In 2011 Desiring God hadc a conference by the name
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Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve blogged in general and returned to my little series on “When A Pastor Loses His Pastor.” I hope to do both today. The passing of Roscoe Adams may end up being one of the most shaping influences of my life. Five months after he went to be with the
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Beeke baptized no one for the first 3 and 1/2 years of his ministry.
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Within our lifetimes developments in technology have brought staggering changes to the way people can be conceived, born, healed or die. And prospects for the future are as mind-boggling as what has already happened. Ethics intends to set forth what ought to be, not what is. But it should help us evaluate the rightness or
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