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2 Cor 12-13 – Teaching #7: Our Weakness, God’s Strength (pt3 of 3)

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4) It’s because in God’s eyes, weakness is strength. 2 Cor 12 9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. 10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ.… Read more

2 Cor 12-13 – Teaching #7: Our Weakness, God’s Strength (pt1 of 3)

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We are going to wrap up 2 Corinthians today. Paul planted this church at Corinth and the first challenge this young congregation faced was internal. This is review for those who have been with us a while back when we covered 1 Corinthians. After Paul left the church at Corinth to continue planting other churches, the Corinthian leaders who remained began to diminish the centrality of the gospel message and to pursue the supernatural, charismatic gifts like speaking in tongues and prophecy.… Read more

Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love God (pt3 of 3)

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First, Jesus commands us to love God with all our heart. Not half-hearted. Not love some of the time when we feel like it. Whole-hearted devotion, all the time. The Bible stresses the importance of our heart. God looks at the heart because the heart is the control center. If your heart changes, your mind, your actions, everything falls in line.… Read more

Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love God (pt1 of 3)

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Happy New Year! I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year’s. It’s great to have the students back. For you undergrads and grads, I trust that the restful break will translate into renewed vigor and enthusiasm to tackle your studies. Kids are back in school – kids, are you excited?… Read more

A Spiritual Secret from Apostle Paul's Life

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Continuing from last time, Paul was shipwrecked, he was imprisoned, he was beaten, but nothing seemed to faze him. How does Paul do it? I can’t do this. Even if I muster all my human willpower, I can’t come close to living like he did. Paul seems almost super human in the book of Acts, but if you read his other epistles, they reveal a more vulnerable side.… Read more