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A Meditation on Sin

Tim Challies posted these comments from Sinclair Ferguson’s book The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction (a book I have very much benefitted from reading). This is very helpful! Sin. I can’t live with it, but am just not able to live without it. I know that I’ve been freed from sin, freed from the power…

Important upcoming Dates

Sunday Morning, March 27th – We will observe the Lord’s Table as a part of our worship. Sunday evening March 27th will be our Small groups (if you aren’t in a small group I encourage you to get involved in one) Sunday – April 3rd, we will have a fellowship meal following the morning worship…

Trampling Upon Human Hearts

Keven DeYoung quotes J. Gresham Machen on his blog. This is very applicable to our current study in Titus Trampling Upon Human Hearts Any Christian worth listening to loves the cross and is loath to see it robbed of its glory. To ridicule what the cross accomplished is to make war with the heart of…

Said Musa Has Been Released

Denny Burk shares on his blog: Said Musa Has Been Released February 24, 2011 International Christian Concern (ICC) is reporting that Said Musa has been released from his captivity in Kabul, Afghanistan. He had been imprisoned for converting to Christianity from Islam, a crime punishable by execution. Thankfully, aggressive international diplomacy behind the scenes paid-off,…

Pray for Said Musa

If you haven’t done so already, please pray for Said Musa who awaits execution in a prison in Kabul, Afghanistan. His crime? Converting to Christianity from Islam. Said Musa is married and the father of six young children. He has been a Christian for eight years. Compass Direct News reports: “In the two-page letter, a…

The One Hope Blog is a must read

Below is a great article from our one Hope Blog. You should check it out often. http://onehopeblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/one-hope-ministry-josephs/ When a business sets out to hire new employees, they are always going to look for the best of the best. They want those who have the highest pedigree, the ones with the best grades from the best…

Ministry received by mercy

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if…

The Social Costs of Pornography

Denny Burk posted this very important article on his blog. Please read this and pass it on to others. This is a plague on our day and we should ask God to remove it from us and we should run with fear from it into the hands of our loving Savior. The social costs are…

Church GATHERING Tomorrow? – YES

Dear Springs of Grace Church Family, Lord willing, it is our intention to gather for bible study and worship at our normal times tomorrow morning (9:30 for children puppets and adult fellowship; 9:45 for adult, youth, and children bible studies, 10:45 for corporate worship. We have the parking lot plowed to make things easier. Obviously,…

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