Monthly Archives: September 2008

Getting to Know God Better
September 28, 2008

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Let’s start with a quote:
” The one thing we most urgently need in Western Christendom is a deeper knowledge of God. We need to know God better. We think rather little of what He is like, what He expects of us, what He seeks in us. We are not captured by His holiness and His love; His thoughts and words capture too little of our imagination, too little of our discourse, too few of our priorities.” Carson – A Call to Spiritual Reformation” pp. 15f

So, this morning, we are going to consider knowing God better. Is Carson right? Is the thing we need more urgently a deeper knowledge of God? Continue reading →

Christians and Their Governments
Thistletown Baptist Church
September 21, 2008

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Introduction

We are in the midst of a federal election. The US is in the midst of a federal election – perhaps one of the most watched elections since JFK and Nixon ran against one another in 1960. Romans 13:1-7 speaks to us of the believers relationship with the human, governing authorities that are in place. Continue reading →

DO NOT BECOME WEARY
Thistletown Baptist Church
September 14, 2008

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Do you long to love as Jesus loves? Do you long to have the Word of God dwelling in you more richly? Are you tired of your pride and sin and will you seek the face of God to be healed? And do those longings demonstrate themselves in fasting – from food, and entertainment and sleep and leisure – for a season so you may pray? Do you mourn for the world and the state of the church? And will you pray and not stop praying until He blesses us?

That is where we are heading this morning. Continue reading →

Then They Will Fast
Thistletown Baptist Church
September 7, 2008

The early church was plagued by spiritual sleepiness, lovelessness, coldness, heresy, materialism, … and nowhere do we ever see a single text of Scripture saying “pray for revival”. What we do see is God instructing churches to repent, know God better, hear the Word of God, live in obedience to the Scriptures, to overcome … . So, when we talk about revival we are talking about the church being all that God calls us to be and God doing something special in converting the lost and renewing His people. Continue reading →