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Level at the Cross

admin Agreement, Believers, Blessings, Blog, Christ, Christians, Conversion, Cross, Death, Debtor, Denarius, Employer, Erik Garthe, Glory, God, God’s Business, God’s Kingdom, Grace of God, Heaven, Jesus, Kingdom of Heaven, Labor, Laborers, Landowner, Level, Level at the Cross, Lord’s Vineyard, Marketplace, Master, New Life, No Longer Conformed, Parable, Payment, Reward, salvation, Vineyard, Wages, Worker, Workplace, world 0 Comment November 15, 2021

“For the kingdom of heaven is like …” begins the parable of Matthew 20:1-16. Verse 16 is key to understanding the parable: “the last will be first, and the first last.” God is debtor to no man—some who start later do more More →

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What Kind of Heart?

admin Attitudes, Blog, Camel, Confession, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Eye of a Needle, Faith, First, God, Heart, Impossible, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Last, Lord, No Longer Conformed, Obey, Outward Appearance, Peter, Poor, Possessions, Possible, Priest, Reward, Rich Young Man, Righteousness, salvation, Samuel, Sin, Sincere Heart, Sorrowful, Treasure in Heaven, What Kind of Heart 0 Comment November 8, 2021

God told the priest Samuel, “Man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7) The account of the rich young man in Matthew 19:16-30 demonstrates how the Lord deals with More →

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About Divorce Again

admin About Divorce Again, Adultery, Authority of the Law, Blog, Certificate of Divorce, Disciples, Divorce, Erik Garthe, Exception Clause, Forgiveness, God’s Plan, Hardness of Heart, Hillel, Hillelites, Jesus, Liberal, Marriage, Moses, No Longer Conformed, One Flesh, Pharisees, Reconciliation, Remarriage, Restoration, Sexual Immorality, Shammai, Shammaites, Spouse, Standard, Teachings 0 Comment November 1, 2021

Jesus first spoke on divorce in Matthew 5:31-32. Here in Matthew 19:1-15, is another attempt to trick Jesus regarding marriage and divorce, with three appeals. First, an appeal to traditions More →

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The Importance of Forgiveness (B)

admin Bitterness, Blog, Coins, Debt, Erik Garthe, Forgive, Forgiveness, God’s Grace, Grace, Holy Spirit, Hurt, Jail, Jailers, Judgment, King, Master, Mercy, Neighbor, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Offense, Pride, Prison, Resolved, Servant, Sin, The Importance of Forgiveness (B), Torturers, Unpayable, Violence 0 Comment October 25, 2021

Has anyone ever hurt you deeply? How long ago was it? Why were you able to recall it so easily? Was the offense ever resolved? In the parable of Matthew 18:21-35, several questions need to be More →

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The Importance of Forgiveness (A)

admin Angry, Arguments, Bitterness, Blog, Devil, Emotions, Erik Garthe, Flesh, Forgiveness, God’s Grace, Mind, No Longer Conformed, Repentance, Satan, Sin, Soul, Strongholds, The Importance of Forgiveness (A), Torment, Trouble, Truth, Warfare, Weapons, Will, Wrong Thinking 0 Comment October 18, 2021

Consider a few spiritual realities. First, we can give ground in our life to Satan—“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.” More →

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Restoration is the Goal

admin Attitude, Authority, Authority of the Church, Bitterness, Blog, Christian, Christians, Church, Conflict, Declare, Erik Garthe, Fellowship, Glory of Heaven, Goal, God’s Word, Influence, Judgment of Heaven, Membership, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Offender, Offense, Plan, Principles, Problem, Reconciliation, Resolution, Restoration, Restoration is the Goal, Unbeliever, witness, Witnesses 0 Comment October 11, 2021

Matthew 18:12-20 reveals God’s problem resolution plan, The focus must be … First, an attitude of seeking restoration to fellowship—“If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, More →

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Faith Like a Child

admin Angels, Appetite, Baits, Believers, Billy Graham, Blog, Body, Child, Children, Christianity, Christians, Contempt, Control, Conversion, Dependence, Devil, Elton Trueblood, Encourage, Erik Garthe, Eye, Faith, Faith Like a Child, Fish, Fisherman, Foot, God, Hand, Jesus, Judged, Kingdom of Heaven, Mutilation, No Longer Conformed, Problems, Resources, Satan, Sin, Temptation, Temptations, Trusting, Unconditional Love, Unkind, Welfare, world 0 Comment October 4, 2021

Elton Trueblood said, “Our faith becomes practical when it is expressed in two books: the date book and the checkbook.” Matthew 18:1-11 deals with the kind of faith that Jesus wants His followers to More →

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Do You Really Trust God?

admin Coin, Comfort Zone, Do You Really Trust God? Blog, Erik Garthe, Fish, Fisherman, God, Hook, Jesus, Need, Net, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Resource, Riches in Glory, Satan, Sea, Shekel, Temple Tax, Trust 0 Comment September 27, 2021

Matthew 17:24-27 records the temple tax event with Peter and Jesus. The focus of this narrative is verse 27: “Go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find More →

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Mountain-Moving Faith

admin Answer, Army, Believers, Blog, Bread, Cast Out, Consistent, Crowd, Demon, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Faith, Faithless, Feed, Generation, Genuine Faith, God, Great Commission, Howard Hendricks, Jesus, Little Faith, Lord, Ministry, Mountain-Moving, Mountain-Moving Faith, Mountaintop, Mustard Seed, No Longer Conformed, Perverse, Positive Thinking, Prayer and Fasting, Proxy, Question, True Faith, Truth, Valley 0 Comment September 20, 2021

No matter how wonderful mountaintop experiences are, the work of ministry occurs in the valley. Matthew 17:14-23 illustrates this truth. Who was Jesus referring to when He said, “O faithless and perverse More →

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A Glimpse of Glory

admin A Glimpse of Glory, Afraid, Blog, Disciples, Divine Encounter, Elijah, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Glory, God, Hope, Jesus, John the Baptist, Kingdom Moment, Lord, Ministry, Moses, Mountaintop, My Beloved Son, No Longer Conformed, Perspective, Peter, Religious Leaders, Son of Man, Spiritual Truth, Tents, Transfigured, Valley 0 Comment September 13, 2021

In our walk with the Lord, we tend to get into ruts, to take things for granted, to lose the excitement of Jesus and the hope of eternal life. In the mountaintop event with Jesus recorded More →