sin
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CAN I JUST KEEP SINNING?
One of our pastors in Manila related to us the story of a young man who served in church and was seemingly on fire for Jesus. (There are 15 locations with 100 plus pastors serving in Manila.) But when he found out that he was in a pattern of sexual immorality – going home to… Continue reading
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WOUNDING A WEAK CONSCIENCE
Because many are careful not to be called a legalist, some have swung to the other side of the pendulum and have gone into extreme tolerance to the point of compromising convictions (impurity, obscenity, alcoholism, materialism, greed, pride, lashing with the tongue, etc). “Because we’re now under grace and not the law,” we have used… Continue reading
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BOUGHT TO BE SET FREE
You are rotten. Yes, you. And guess what, I am too. However, we are as rotten as rotten can be and yet so loved that you wouldn’t believe it. Paul tells the church in Colossae that “He (Jesus) rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he… Continue reading
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WHY DO I STILL STRUGGLE WITH SIN?
I thought I was already free in Christ? Should I still supposed to be struggling with this sin? Why am I still having a hard time overcoming temptation? A person who has gone through a Victory Weekend retreat where in we establish spiritual principles from Scripture, experience spiritual freedom and encourage spiritual fruit, one might… Continue reading
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GRACE THAT ISN’T GRACE
After an evening service one Sunday, a young man comes up to me to ask for prayer. He relates to me his experience the past several months. He said that hearing, reading and studying the grace of God has caused him to go back to his old ways and live a life that is licentious.… Continue reading
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