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This sermon looks at the story of Joseph’s brothers who came to buy grain from him in Genesis 42. Like the brothers, even when it seems all things are against us, we must remember that there is grain in Egypt. The audio file for this sermon can be downloaded here. It is also available in […]
Read More There is Grain in Egypt (Sermon)There’s a relatively new article from the New York Times pertaining to Ray Boltz’s “coming out” that caught my attention recently. Upon its reading, I was compelled to address it with the following. “Now, after more than five years of self-imposed absence from stage and CD, Mr. Boltz has reached a musical and religious destination. […]
Read More Ray Boltz’s Christian ProfessionOne of the troubling things about sanctified affliction is how unsanctified it can seem while you are going through it, but this should be expected since the Lord is often drawing the dross to the surface in order to remove it.
Read More Sanctified Affliction Seldom Seems SanctifiedI count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. Phil. 3:8 Our hearts are easily lured away by the fleeting shadows of this world, and these […]
Read More When Loss is GainThis is a short quote by Charles Spurgeon to remind us that sometimes suffering is part of our ministry. “One Sabbath morning, I preached from the text, `My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?’ and though I did not say so, yet I preached my own experience. I heard my own chains clank […]
Read More Suffering and Ministry: A Quote by Charles SpurgeonFrom Calvin’s Institutes… “Whatever be the kind of tribulation with which we are afflicted, we should always consider the end of it to be, that we may be trained to despise the present, and thereby stimulated to aspire to the future life. For since God well knows how strongly we are inclined by nature to […]
Read More Is The Love of the World Driving You or Your Church?This is a brief video about the life of William Carey and what he accomplished. For more information I recommend this free mp3 lecture given By Timothy George of Beeson Seminary.
Read More The Life of William Carey in Less Than Ten MinutesWhat was God’s purpose in adding frustration to our labors after the fall?
Read More Work , Frustration, and Our Rest In ChristGod’s grace is sufficient, and His strength is made perfect in weakness.
Read More Weakness, Suffering, and the Grace of God
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