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Showing posts with label Power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Power. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Sermon Video: The Supporting Cast at Advent: King Herod - Matthew 2:3-8,13-18

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  Often forgotten amidst the joy and celebration of Christmas, King Herod attempting to thwart God's sending of the Messiah from its sta...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

The harms that "Heritage America" will do to the Church, our Gospel witness, and our republic.

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American Progress (1872) by John Gast Heritage America: Wise Men Have Left Us an Inheritance Ben R. Crenshaw, August 23, 2024 at Americanref...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #35 Romans 8:20-23

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  Romans 8:20-23  New International Version 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #34 Acts 17:24-28

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Acts 17:24-28   New International Version 24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not l...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #33 Acts 5:29

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Acts 5:27-29      New International Version 27 The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Sermon Video: Jesus: The Name Above All Names - Ephesians 1:19b-23

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In one of the Apostle Paul's beautiful rabbit trails in his letters, he muses on the power of God that both works in/through his people ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #32 John 19:10-11

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  John 19:10-11  New International Version 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free yo...
Friday, February 2, 2024

The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory, by Tim Alberta: A book review

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  1. I found the book to be deeply emotional, in a good way.  It connected with my own care and concern for the Church in America on a gut l...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Elon Musk, antisemitism, and ignoring the wisdom of Romans 14:22 "Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves."

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  Romans 14:22  So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Jesus, Jim Harbaugh, and the fallacy that, "Only the guilty take a plea."

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  Before I begin, I'm aware that terms like Innocent, Guilty, and Victim ring fairly hollow when thrown around between the NCAA who make...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Why plans to build a "Christian" Nationalist Retreat Center in Franklin, PA is not a good idea for the local churches or our town.

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The view from the Allegheny River Retreat Center My wife and I moved to Franklin in January of 2012 when I was called to be the new pastor a...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Light vs Darkness and the reason why Christians should be perpetual optimists

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  John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have ov...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

"Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" - An Easter reminder that God has already solved our biggest and most important problems

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  In J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Fellowship of the Ring , the titular fellowship arrives with its nine members at the Gates of Mor...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #29: John 13:14-15

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  John 13:14-15  New International Version 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s f...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #25: Luke 16:13

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  Luke 16:13  New International Version “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devot...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

I'm not afraid, should I be?

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  Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength,     an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way   ...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #19: Matthew 26:52

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The Vision of the Cross , 1520-24 by Raphael and his assistants Matthew 26:52     New International Version “Put your sword back in its plac...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #7: Zechariah 4:6

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  Zechariah 4:6     New International Version So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but...