More from Calvin – Reforming the Church

A new friend of mine recommended that I read Calvin’s “The Necessity of Reforming the Church”. So, I am slowing going through it, reading and re-reading. Honestly it’s been a while since I picked up something that is so weighty, thus I see my need to retrain my attention span (or maybe it’s just that [...]

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The Gospel

I’m trying to prepare a devotional that i’ll be sharing this coming week on what gives a Christian power to press on in the midst of hardship. If you know me you probably know my answer. It is the Gospel!!! Now, being that this is a gospel centered Blog, and that the gospel is the [...]

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Take a Dose of Gospel – Romans 8:33-34

“Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.  Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.”
Romans 8:33-34
 So… Who is it, that will bring a charge against us? Well, [...]

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God’s Love is Enough…

Earlier this evening I was reading from John Piper’s book of devotions “A Godward Life II” and I came across an article that he wrote about the dark side of missions… He told the story of a former Muslim Christian that returned to Northern Africa and was arrested for smuggling in Bibles… He stood on [...]

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Daily Dose of Gospel #5

“…knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
- 1 Peter 1:18-19
Just a few things I think worthy to point out…
1. Before God’s effectual [...]

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Your Daily Dose of Gospel #4

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.“
1 John 1:8-9
The truth is that the more we comprehend the perfections of God’s holiness and [...]

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Quote of the Day #18 – John Stott on the Gospel

I found this great definition of the gospel over at William Anderson’s blog God’s Will. I thought I’d share it with you all as well advertise his blog a little bit… He’s got lots of good Gospel centered stuff so check it out.

“The Biblical gospel of atonement is the good news of God satisfying himself [...]

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Daily Dose of Gospel #3 – Ephesians 1:7

Here’s your daily does of what you need… Gospel!!!
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” – Ephesians 1:7
Rejoice for you have forgiveness and redemption by his blood through the riches of His grace. It is not by works lest any man should boast. [...]

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Quote of the Day #17

“The gospel is the good news that because God did not spare Christ, He will not spare any omnipotent effort to give us everything that is good for us.”
-John Piper (God is the Gospel, pg. 36)
The verse that obviously inspired this quote is Romans 8:32. “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered [...]

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Daily Dose of Gospel #2 – Romans 4:7-8

“ Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.”
-Romans 4:7-8
The good news is that the blessed man described here, is not one who has striven, overcome, and lives in perfect holiness. No, The blessing comes upon one who has practiced [...]

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Quote of the Day #9

“We have a constant tendency to stop remembering the cross, and to start depending on legalism and self-effort.” – C. J. Mahaney
(Living the Cross Centered Life, pg. 107)
Oh how easy it is to base our joy on our own efforts… Up and down we go depending on how good we are… We must cling to [...]

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John Piper – The Gospel Saves Kids

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Power to Forgive!

As Christ’s people we are called to love one another. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 22:39 I am sure that you have all realized that your neighbors are sinners. Maybe they have gossiped about you, stole from you, lied to you, persecuted you, or just treated you without respect. Now at [...]

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Gospel, Gospel and more Gospel!

Lately this constant theme keeps popping up in my head. It seems that everything that I read comes back to this truth… The Gospel is our strength, and we must remind ourselves of it all the time! Yesterday reading Martin Lloyd Jones book “Revival” I came across a verse from Isaiah 63. We must keep [...]

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Quote of the Day #6

“The man who does not glory in the gospel can surely know little of the plague of sin that is within him” – J. C. Ryle

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John Piper – Preach the Gospel to Yourself

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Quote of the day#1

“The true treasure of the church is the Holy gospel of the glory and the grace of God.”
-Martin Luther, from his 95 theses.

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