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Pastor Cal This year we had another amazing weekend. It started with pastor Cal talking about how a courageous faith makes for a courageous man. A man of God has a courageous faith. Jesse Schlabach spoke in the morning with a great teaching about getting into the word and becoming an unashamed courageous man. He handed out … Read more
15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the … Read more
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 As long as Jesus Christ embodies a radical freedom from the love of things and a deep delight in the service of others, then those who get their joy in life from luxury rather than love will not be able to receive Jesus for who he really is. “How hard it is for … Read more
15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the … Read more
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 Let’s sum up, then, the two parables of the chapter. In verses 1-13 Jesus told a parable to make the point that we should use our money shrewdly—not as the world counts shrewdness, but shrewdly for the advancement of the gospel in the lives of more and more people so that they will receive … Read more
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 Then the rich man asks if Abraham will send Lazarus to warn his five brothers about the danger of hell. Evidently the rich man knew that they were pursuing the same kind of life he was and were doomed. Abraham answers in verse 29, “They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear … Read more
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 What would be the counterpart to this attitude in the church today? It would be professing Christians who read these parables and say, “I am an eternally secure child of God. I am justified by faith alone. Don”t tell me that the way I use my money could jeopardize my eternal destiny.” The … Read more
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 In verses 19-31 Jesus tells another story about money. Verse 19 presents us with a rich man who used his money to put the finest clothes on his back and the finest foods on his table every day—”clothed in purple and fine linen and feasting sumptuously every day.” In verses 20-21 we meet a poor … Read more
Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 In Luke 16 Jesus is talking to Pharisees who were lovers of money. Notice verse 14: “The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.” He had just told them the parable of the unrighteous steward in verses 1-13. The point of that parable is that the way you … Read more
My shortest summary of Christian Hedonism is: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. We all make a god out of what we take the most pleasure in. Christian Hedonists want to make God their God by seeking after the greatest pleasure—pleasure in him. By Christian Hedonism, we do … Read more