Man’s Greatest Need

 An expository sermon on the Doctrine of Regeneration/New Birth from: Twin City Bible Church | A Christ-Centered, Bible-Believing Fellowship via Man\’s Greatest Need. Man’s Greatest Need By Carey Hardy April 22, 2012 Series: Independent Messages Scripture Reference: John 3:1-10 Filed Under: Regeneration/New Birth One of the most famous statements by Jesus is this: “You must be born [...]

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Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 1st, Chapter 14, Day 28/30

Book 1, Chapter 14: In the creation of the world, and all things in it, the true God distinguished by certain marks from fictitious gods. Section 16. The wickedness of the devil not by creation but by corruption. Vain and useless to inquire into the mode, time, and character of the fall of angels. Section [...]

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By George I believe she gets it!

You can see it in her eyes.  She understands that we are not commissioned to clean folks up and change them to our way of thinking… only God can make the necessary change in people, he must open blined eyes, he must melt the cold stoney heart.  We can do neither and we were never [...]

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Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 1st, Chapter 13, Day 21/30

Book 1, Chapter 13: The unity of the Divine Essence in three Persons taught, in Scripture, from the foundation of the world.  Section 7 – 13; the third, the deity of the Holy Spirit Section 7. Proofs of the eternal Deity of the Son. The Son the “logos” of the Eternal Father, and, therefore, the [...]

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Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 1st, Chapter 9, Day 14/30

Book 1, Chapter 9: All the principles of piety subverted by fanatics, who substitute revelations for Scripture. Section 1. The temper and error of the Libertines, who take to themselves the name of spiritual, briefly described. Their refutation. I. The Apostles and all true Christians have embraced the written Word. This confirmed by a passage [...]

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Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 1st, Chapter 5.1-5.6, Day 5/30

This chapter consists of two parts: I. The former, which occupies Section 1 – 10, divides all the works of God into two great classes, and elucidates the knowledge of God as displayed in each class. The one class is treated of in Section 1 – 6, and the other in the four following sections, [...]

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Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 1st, Chapter 1, Day 1/30

Book First: Of the Knowledge of God the Creator                Argument            The First Book treats of the knowledge of God the Creator. But as it is in the creation of man that the divine perfections are best displayed, so man also is made the subject of discourse. Thus the whole book [...]

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Tears Unbidden

(Four years ago I wrote this, it came to mind again this week , so I thought I’d re-post it)   Tears Unbidden Why now, why here? Why this way? More questions and less answers. Instead of growing I seem to be regressing. What took place those many years ago that haunts me now with [...]

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New Words to an Old Song….

(To the tune of “Thank God I am Free”) For a long Time I Traveled, Down a Long Legal Road, My Heart Was So Heavy, in rules I Sank Low. Then I Heard About Jesus, What A Wonderful Hour. I’m So Glad That I got out. He brought the truth out, Through His sovereign Power. [...]

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De-Constructing Church

Deconstructing Church (pt 1) In my quest to find, “What is Church”, I have found that I have had to de-construct everything I thought I knew about Church. As I have looked to the Biblical blueprint for church and how we are to participate in church function I find the American Church model is woefully [...]

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