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Buck Jacobs on
Jan 12th, 2012 |
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As you go about our Father’s business today remember this “It matters not if the world has heard, or approves, or understands; the only applause that we’re to seek is the applause of nail-scarred hands.”...
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Buck Jacobs on
Dec 8th, 2011 |
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A.W. Tozer says: “A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that one can “accept” Christ without forsaking the world….The error today is that we do not expect a converted man to be a transformed man, and as a result of this error our churches a re full of substandard Christians. Many of these go on day by day assuming that salvation is possible without repentance and that they can find some value in religeon without righteousness.
A revival is, among other things, a return to the belief that real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life!”
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. I Peter 2:29
Christian! Stand up, stand strong, do what is right, and never...
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Buck Jacobs on
Oct 28th, 2011 |
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“In life there will be found certain great fundamentals, like pillars bearing up the weight of some mighty building.
The wise man will simplify his life by going to the center of it. He will look well to the foundations and, having done that, he will not worry about the rest.
Life as we know it in our painfully intricate civilization can be deadly unless we learn to distinguish the things that matter from those that do not. It is never the major things that destroy us, but invariably the multitude of trifling things which are mistakenly thought to be of major...
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Buck Jacobs on
Jul 15th, 2011 |
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“For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28
Calling. God’s calling. What is it and what does it mean to be called according to His purpose? And how what does it mean specifically in our lives as 21st century believers?
Let’s start by a general discussion and definition of “calling.” Calling is often thought of as something that only happens when a Christian “surrenders” to the “call” to the professional ministry. Ie. to be a pastor, missionary, etc. This is a cultural misunderstanding of the term. While it does apply to the offices within the Church (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher – Eph 4:11) it is by no means limited to them. It may be that no other...