HOW THEN SHOULD WE LIVE

March 28, 2022
In recent days, I have been observing and contemplating the way Christ-followers live in a world that is increasingly hostile to the essential beliefs and their unique societal interactions. Let me begin today’s dialogue by suggesting that as Christ-followers we are not ...

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We Need Someone to Equip Us!

By Pastor John Smith
November 30, 2021
Proverbs 22:6 says, “train up a child/youth in the way that he should go.” This passage has often intrigued me because on the surface it appears to be a simple command to follow at least that is the way I understood it as a teenager. The word train means to guide a...

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Can Mankind Help Himself Without the Assistance of God

By Pastor John Smith
September 13, 2021
This concept of anthropodicy has been burning in my heart for the last week or so. Initially I was trying to revisit the concept of anthropodicy and define its meaning linguistically I've had a lot of success in doing so. The term anthropodicy has been defined in almost every ...

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Getting Directions From God

By Pastor John Smith, Jr.
December 03, 2020
Every week is one of “those” weeks for me! I am bombarded every single day and sometimes it seems like every single minute with issues  need to be solved in my life or the life of others. I really am amazed that some pethatople actually want to know what I believ...

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God Really Does Love Me!

By Pastor John Smith, Jr.
December 02, 2020
You know sometimes you run across a Scripture that not only causes you to take a significant pause so that you can try and digest what you just read but it also occupies your thought life for long periods of time because you really don’t comprehend all of the implications o...

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The God Who Hides Himself!

By John Smith
September 16, 2020
I was reading Isaiah 45:15 today and it arrested me on the spot! It read (in the KJV) Truly you are the God who hides Himself! For some reason this phrase caught my attention and has caused me to focus on life as it is and not as I believe it should be. I began&nbs...

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Original Sin and Human Ontology Part 2

By Pastor John Smith
September 15, 2020
This concept of Original Sin and Human Ontology is mind boggling to me! As I sit at my desk and toss the idea back and forward in my head I just thought that someone who is reading may not understand exactly what I am saying, so let me explain. Original sin deals with t...

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Original Sin And Human Ontology - Part 1

By Pastor John Smith
September 14, 2020
                                                   Original Sin and Human Ontology Part 1  While I am sitting here in the room abandone...

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