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"It Will Be Better For You if I Go"
Can you imagine the disciples faces when they heard those words? John 16:7. Jesus said, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper...
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Focus on Election ’08
If you weren’t at First Assembly this morning, here’s a brief summary of my message. (I took a one week break from our current series preaching through Ephesians to address next week’s election.) A...
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Viva La Reformacion!
I have been sensing the dealings of God in my heart for some months now; speaking with other pastors and church leaders I am encouraged that many are feeling challenged in remarkably similar ways....
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Palm Sunday and Holy Week
Tomorrow we begin “Holy Week”, the central event of the Christian calendar. If you’re in the Danbury area we hope you’ll come out and join us at First Assembly for our Palm Sunday service at 10.45am....
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God’s Delight in Judgment
“But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the...
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Rowing and Revival
“So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid. But He said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ Then they...
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Ways to Maximize Your New Year Start to 2012
New Year Resolutions often don’t last the first week of the year, but I do believe that new year is an excellent time to renew again the basic COMMITMENTS of following Jesus. Keep your new year...
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Swinging the Hammer of God’s Word
“Is not My word like … a hammer that breaks the rocks in pieces.” Jeremiah 23:29 This text conjures up for me the image of a man on a chain gang, singing in cadence with his comrades as they swing...
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How To Have a Transformational Quiet Time
One of the most basic instincts of the follower of Jesus is a daily quiet time. Some people call it their “devotions”. Simply, it’s a time set aside each day to get alone and, at the very least, read...
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Edmund Calamy’s Prayer at Aldermanbury [Dead Guy University]
Once more we turn to the past to stand on the shoulders of giants. Each Sunday I post classic pieces from Christian preachers and leaders throughout church history. Today we look at a prayer that came...
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Nice Things or Good Things?
“Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your...
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