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2018-06-07T21:48:08-05:00

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No More Fear

Last updated on: June 7, 2018 at 9:48 pm   By Jim Erwin

No More Fear For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV) As you will note from the date, today is Friday 13th. People tend to be superstitious about this date. They even have a name for it. There is a history associated with Friday the 13th and its impact on our culture. Christians however, don’t have to be superstitious. God has said one... Read more

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2018-05-30T17:27:41-05:00

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Family Taxes

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 5:27 pm   By Jim Erwin

Family Taxes When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?” Peter said to Him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.... Read more

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2018-05-30T17:24:08-05:00

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Acts 2:42-47 How to Grow a Church with Vision

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 5:24 pm   By Jim Erwin

Acts 2:42-47 How to Grow a Church with Vision Good evening. Welcome to this Joint International worship service. I want to thank you for coming. I am so glad to see people from all the various language groups. So just for a moment, let us have a short introduction. Please stand when your church is called: If you are from the German church – the Kreuzgemeinde, please stand. If you are from the Arabic church, please stand. If you are... Read more

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2018-05-30T16:30:37-05:00

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Integrating the Gospel Into Your Life

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm   By Jim Erwin

Integrating the Gospel Into Your Life “Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures... Read more

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2018-05-30T16:37:23-05:00

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Acts 17:16-21 Are You Curious About God?

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 4:37 pm   By Jim Erwin

Acts 17:16-21 Are You Curious About God? Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems... Read more

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2018-05-30T16:47:26-05:00

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Sitting on the Rock of the Grave

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 4:47 pm   By Jim Erwin

Sitting on the Rock of the Grave And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. (Matthew 28:2 NKJV) Otis Redding wrote a song in 1967 that became a very big hit. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay. Here is a bit of the lyrics from that song. I left my home in Georgia Headed for the ‘Frisco... Read more

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2018-05-30T16:53:36-05:00

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Prophecy Watch: Watching the Trendsetters on the Catwalk

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 4:53 pm   By Jim Erwin

Prophecy Watch: Watching the Trendsetters on the Catwalk Then Jesus replied to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes... Read more

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2018-05-30T17:08:19-05:00

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Are We Living in an Age of Christianophobia?

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 5:08 pm   By Jim Erwin

Are We Living in an Age of Christianophobia? Are we living in an age of Christianophobia? But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now. (Galatians 4:29 HCSB) Have you been noticing the same strange stories coming out these days? Just this week, a German judge tried to use the Koran as the basis for her decision, even though in Germany, the basis should be the rule... Read more

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2018-05-30T16:22:14-05:00

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John 16:5-15 The Heart of God

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 4:22 pm   By Jim Erwin

John 16:5-15 The Heart of God Desiring God’s Heart Part 1 During the course of restoration work on Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper, the leader of the project, Dr. Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, discovered that the face of Jesus in the painting had been distorted by five hundred years of grime, glue, and plaster. Her work with high-powered microscopes, surgical scalpels, and special solvents has revealed the face of Jesus as Leonardo portrayed it. The Holy Spirit does that... Read more

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2018-05-30T16:04:58-05:00

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PDD – Prayer Deficit Disorder

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 4:04 pm   By Jim Erwin

PDD – Prayer Deficit Disorder I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands. I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah Answer me speedily, O LORD; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You... Read more

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