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First Things

I just wanted to outline my plans for this blog before I jumped in. I’ve grown up in a small conservative Reformed (well, Presbyterian, but you know) denomination, which I love dearly. A while back, I started to question some fundamentals of Reformed belief,...

The Temptation of Christ (Luke 4:1-13)

http://mp3.sa-media.com/filearea/823121549278/823121549278.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLuke 4:1-13 It’s been some time since Pastor Whitenack covered the baptism of Jesus and, before him, Sam taught on John’s baptism.  I might normally try to...

Why Does A Church Have A Youth Ministry?

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself why a church has (or should have) a youth ministry? Youth ministry is never talked about in any of Paul’s epistles and there really isn’t much of a precedent for separating youth in the isolated way most churches...

Mel’s Misplaced Passion (3 of 3)

They Said That? * “It changed my perception of what it meant to follow Christ.” * “”¦[it] is so wonderfully biblically congruent, I would encourage folks to not stumble over parts [that are disagreeable]”¦” * “[it] showed...

Mel’s Misplaced Passion (2 of 3)

There’s Always a Negative Side! “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them....

Mel’s Misplaced Passion (1 of 3)

My wife fought an addiction after we were married. She struggled for months while I encouraged her and distracted her from this obsession. She would catch herself longing for this distraction, but slowly she learned to substitute this longing with reading””yes,...

The Living and Active Word (Hebrews 4:12-13)

http://www.baptistchurch.jp/teaching/2008-Preaching/2008-03-09-LivingActiveWord(Heb4).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHebrews 4:6-13 6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of...

Bear Each Other’s Burdens (Galatians 6)

http://www.baptistchurch.jp/teaching/2008-Preaching/2008-02-17-BearEachOthersBurdens(Gal6).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGalatians 6 1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness....

Free to Obey (Galatians 5)

http://www.baptistchurch.jp/teaching/2008-Preaching/2008-02-10-FreetoObey(Gal5).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGalatians 5 1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 2Look: I, Paul, say to you...

Sons of the Free Woman (Galatians 4)

http://www.baptistchurch.jp/teaching/2008-Preaching/2008-02-03-SonsOfFreeWoman(Gal4).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGalatians 4 1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2but he is...