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Over the past month I have had occasion to speak to a few different people about modesty in dress. I have had discussion with parents about teaching their girls about modesty as well as women who were wondering about biblical modesty.This subject deserves more than I can give it here but I at least wanted to pass along a portion of CJ Mahaney's sermon titled "The Soul of M...

No one has faithfully preached the gospel to more people than Billy Graham. And this past week he got to see the face of the One he preached. Who knows if God will ever anoint and call a man to a ministry like He did Billy Graham. Countless have been saved at a Billy Graham crusade.Hereare9 very interesting facts about Billy Graham. Many years ago I read his autobiography ...

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A Christmas Prayer Tim Counts writesa great prayer for his children for this Christmas season. Every parent with kids at home should pray this for their kids everyday. But it also has application for all of us - for your neighbors, friends and our city. Pray it!...

Here Comes 2018 I think it is time to begin thinking about 2018 - its going to take a while to typing 2018! Hereis a really good article asking 9 questions we should ask ourselves as we move toward the new year....

Advent MeditationsThis year John Piper is sharing 25, 3-5 minute long meditations for the month of December. You can podcast them, listen to them from Desiring God web site and you can even sign up to have them emailed to you each day. They are short. They are meaty. They will not just educate your mind but they will stir your affections.Do A Little ReadingEven if you are ...

Resolvedto glorify God and enjoy Him foreverBy Pastor Tony PlummerIn the spirit of Jonathan Edwards who, in order to remain focused and grounded as God used him to be a profound agent of transformation within the kingdom of God, we resolve the following:Resolved, to value transformational relationships with Jesus Christ, each other and the yet saved.Resolved, to live and t...

Reformation Day...

It is a conviction meant to quiet our minds and encourage our hearts: In some way God has a hand in our suffering. Whatever circumstances we experience can no more arise without the hand of God than a saw can cut without the hand of the carpenter. Job in his suffering did not say, "The Lord gave and the devil took away," but, "The Lord gave and the Lord took away." Sufferi...

Proud people focus on the failures of others. Broken people are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need.Proud people have a critical, fault-finding spirit; they look at everyone else's faults with a microscope but their own with a telescope. Broken people are compassionate; they can forgive much because they know how much they have been forgiven.Proud people a...