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Discussion Questions, 7/29/12

Discussion Questions for Sunday's sermon on Luke 7:24-35...

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An Open Letter to Silas Redd

Silas Redd is one of the best players on Penn State's football team, and is facing a decision on whether to stay with the tarnished program or transfer immediately. He is also a professing Christian. I wrote him a letter to encourage him to think through the potential that his decision has to bear witness to the glories of our Savior....

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Taking an Ugly Thought Captive

You're going through your day and a though comes that your daughter is going to die soon. Your heart begins to be filled with fear and worry. What do you do?...

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Discussion Questions -- 7/22/12

Discussion questions for Sunday's sermon on Luke 7:18-23...

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The True Knight is Risen

Collin Hansen from the Gospel Coalition reflects on Thursday night's shooting in Aurora, Colorado....

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Pray for Your Pastors

A church member can give no greater gift to a pastor than to pray regularly for them. Here are ten ways you can specifically pray for your pastors in an ongoing way....

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Announcing the Resurrection

An amendment to the end of yesterday's sermon...

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Discussion Questions, 7/15/12

Discussion questions for personal, family, or Life Group use in thinking through tomorrow's sermon on Luke 7:11-17....

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Fighting the Fight of Faith

If underneath every sin is a failure in the moment to believe the truth about God, what are some key truths to help me make war on sin and unbelief?...

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Answering a Common Question

How do we respond to the objection that unbelievers often raise against Christians: that we pick and choose what we want to believe from the Bible, condemning homosexuality as sinful but ignoring tons of other commands from the Old Testament? ...

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The Church's Mission

What is the Church supposed to be about? I thought this summary from University Reformed Church in Michigan gave a very helpful, concise description. ...

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The Gospel & Road Rage

How does faith in Christ lead us to kill the sin of anger, especially that common form of anger we call "Road Rage"? ...

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Discussion Questions, 7/8/12

Discussion Questions for Sunday's sermon, based on Luke 7:1-10. I hope these are useful not only for Life Groups, but for families to discuss the Scriptures and the sermon together....

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Come Boldly

Because I don't usually write my sermon until Saturday, it's tough sometimes to coordinate music that will help us respond in worship to what we have considered in the Word. If I was to pick a closing song for tomorrow's gathering, I think I would go with this one:...

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The 4 G's

In his book You Can Change, Tim Chester highlights four life-changing truths which underlie all our struggles with sin: 1. God is great...so I don't have to be in control. 2. God is glorious...so I don't have to fear others. ...

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God's Care

Paul Tripp: God's care for you is only reliable in those places where he rules and since he rules all things everywhere, his care is always reliable. ...

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Why I'm Tweeting Again

For around three years I've been fascinated by Twitter. It may be the journalist in me, but there's something intriguing to me about trying to say something meaningful and memorable in 140 characters. When I read these words from John Piper awhile back, they really resonated with me: The sovereign Lord of the earth and sky Puts camels through a needle's eye. And if ...

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