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Stand Your Ground

In many US States, including ours, there are laws about your right to defend yourself, your property, and others who are in danger from a criminal. These laws are usually called stand your ground laws or the castle doctrine. The castle doctrine states that if someone comes to your property intending…

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Picture This Big Idea: See yourself as you are, not as you were MRI: We have a Motivation to undergo a Renovation so that we can bring Illumination to the world. How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as a good person or a bad person? Do you see yourself as wealthy or poor? Do you see yourself…

Avoiding the Abominable

Recap last week: Being careful to worship God’s way. 4 Characteristics of a place to worship God: A place where God is present A place where God’s people gather A place that is different from the world A place of ministry Today’s passage: the warning is reiterated and a new specific sin is articulated:…

You Shall Be Careful

Today we are going to talk about something the reformers call the “regulative Principle of Worship.” A very quick explanation of this is that Christians are not to worship God in any way that He himself has not prescribed. In other words, we are not to invent new ways to worship God and we are not use…

A Covenant with Blessings and Curses

A lot of people love to follow preachers and teachers who will tell them that God’s favor is always on the believer. “He loves you no matter what. He loves you just the way you are! His love is unconditional!” You have likely heard something like this at some point. These phrases are heard all the time…