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“A thorn was given me in the flesh…..but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:7,9Steve Saint lost his father, Nate Saint in the jungles of Ecuador when Steve was just a few weeks short of his fifth birthday in 1956. But […]

“What is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe.” Eph. 1:19It is relatively easy, for us this morning, to confess with our lips that the gospel is the power of God to salvation! But it is quite another thing to confess this truth with our lives! Just how powerful is the gospel […]

“I will lift up the cup of salvation and praise the LORD’s name for saving me.” Ps. 116:13 (NLT)Last week we were reminded by Jerry Bridges of the vital importance of remaining focused on the gospel. The reason for that, according to Bridges, is that as we grow in holiness, we end up seeing more […]

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16Oswald J. Smith was born on November 8, 1889, near Odessa, Ontario as the eldest of ten children. His early years were troubled by […]

And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10In a fallen world, there are a multitude of phobias. Perhaps the most well known is claustrophobia, the fear of being in small, confined spaces. Those who suffer from […]

WHEN SHOULD A CHRISTMAS LIGHT SHINE?You ask me when should the first Christmas light shine? Is it when cold approaches, and daylight begins its decline?Is it when the seasons have begun to turn, And Halloween has finally been adjourned?Or when all the leaves have fallen from the trees, And the first snow flakes are wafting […]

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery…..Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh.”Gal. 5:1,13At one time, some 150 kilometres of concrete and barbed wire encircled East Berlin, effectively imprisoning all those within. While prosperity and freedom were […]

“Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”” Mark 9:24The expression “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” is never found in Scripture, but rather seems to have come from an archaic proverb found in Babylonian religious tracts. The earliest record of this phrase being used in English is in […]

“Let the wise hear and increase in learning.” Proverbs 1:5The World Wide Web has forever changed the means of acquiring knowledge. Encyclopedia Britannica was first published as a 3-volume set in 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the years it grew, until in 2010, it was comprised of 32 volumes and 32,640 pages. But 2010 was […]

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15Truth is very narrow! The equation “two plus two” has only one correct answer, and yet there exists an infinite supply of wrong answers to that equation! […]