1Thessalonians 5:14 What do you do when your friend claims to be a Christian, but lives like he’s never heard of Jesus? What do you say when your sister is diagnosed with terminal cancer? What words can you offer someone whose family just fell apart? What do you do when you’re reading a blog and the […]
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Old posts, sermon recaps, etc. can be found on the old blog: matthewbroadway.posterous.com. From now on, this (dulinsgrove.posterous.com) is where you’ll find Dulins Grove stuff. Enjoy! Of course, dulinsgrovechurch.org remains the primary site. But you already knew that.
1. Focus on building the kingdom of God, not the church. (Hugh Halter) Jesus told us to make disciples. He said he would build his church. Taking on the job of building the church places a burden on our shoulders we weren’t meant to bear. 2. The church is a sail boat, not a motor
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Romans 5:1-11 This post is a condensed recap of two sermons from this text. I’ll post the audio from the first sermon once Posterous fixes the glitch. I won’t post the audio from the second sermon because it was a train wreck. The big idea is this: Christians can rejoice in suffering because they know
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Romans 4:13-25 We’ve been hammering the belief nail each week for a while, asserting that it is the only way in which people can be saved and find life in Jesus. Yet it can still be a nebulous idea. We’ll clarify by examining its substance, process, and enemy in this passage.* Belief’s Substance …fully
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Romans 4:1-9 In this passage, Paul is articulating an important distinction for any church goer to consider. There are basically two lanes the common church-goer can fall into: The Lane of the Worker and The Lane of the Believer. Workers earn wages. Believers receive blessing. Brick masons lay brick and their bosses pay. Workers perform
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