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Handling Betrayal

admin Angels, Arrest, Betrayal, Betrayed, Blog, Carnal Weapons, Circumstances, Close, Divine Plans, Enemy, Erik Garthe, Faith, Faithfulness, Father, Friend, Fulfill, God, Handling Betrayal, Healed, Hearts, Help, Humble, Humility, Intimate, Jesus, Jesus’ Disciples, Judas, Kissed, Law, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Pray, Problems, Protect, Purposes, Relationship, Response, Scripture, Sins, Suffer, Temptation, Trust, Unjust, Vigilante 0 Comment June 29, 2022

How do you handle problems? Matthew 26:47-56 records that Jesus was betrayed by Judas, and then deserted by all the other disciples. Consider these lessons from that event. First, Jesus demonstrated humility regardless More →

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Faithfulness Check

admin Accomplished, Accountability, Accusing, Ascended, Bankers, Billy Graham, Blog, Check, Church Pastor, Coming, Condemn, Delivered, Deposited, Effective, Erik Garthe, Faithful, Faithfulness, Faithfulness Test, Far Country, Gather, God, Goods, Great Commission, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Interest, Jesus, Judges, Judgment Seat, Justify, Kingdom of Heaven, Kingdom’s Work, Laziness, Lazy, Lord, Master, Master’s Resources, Money, No Longer Conformed, Opportunity, Plan, Purpose, Reap, Received, Resources, Returns, Scattered, Seed, Servants, Settled, Sow, Supplies, Task, Trust, Trusts, Wicked, Words, Work, world 0 Comment May 9, 2022

Someone wrote, “If you think you are too small to be effective, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito.” Matthew 25:14-30 is about missed opportunity. First, God trusts His servants with resources—“The kingdom of heaven is like More →

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A Waiting Attitude

admin A Waiting Attitude, Assurance, Attitude, Authority, Blog, Busy, Character, Christ’s Imminent Return, Christ’s Return, Christians, Days of Noah, Delays, Different, Disciples, Drinking, Eating, End of the Earth, Erik Garthe, Expectancy, Faithfulness, Father, Fig Tree, Given in Marriage, God’s Plan, His Coming, Holy Spirit, Hour, Illustration, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judea and Samaria, Kingdom, Labor Pains, Lord, Lord’s Return, Marrying, No Longer Conformed, Parable, Power, Preoccupation, Preparedness, Priority, Qualities, Ready, Routine, Seasons, Serving, Signs, Stewardship, Teaching, Times, Wait, Warning, Watch, Watchfulness, Witnesses, world 0 Comment April 25, 2022

Matthew 24:32-51 exhorts us to have the right attitude as we wait for the Lord’s return. The concept of “waiting” is like serving tables, being busy. First, recognize signs in God’s plan—“Now learn this parable More →

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Witness of Faithfulness

admin Baptism, Blog, Erik Garthe, Faithfulness, Gospel, John the Baptist, No Longer Conformed, Repentance, Sinner, witness, Witness of Faithfulness 0 Comment October 11, 2020

Hot pepper heat is measured in scovilles. Jalapenos are the best-known pepper. A jalapeno measures 50,000 scovilles, but is mild compared to the habanero with a rating of 300,000. They’re so hot that handlers wear More →

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Look and Live

admin Blog, Christ’s Return, Erik Garthe, Eternal Security, Eternity, Faithfulness, Look and Live, No Longer Conformed, Patience, Rapture, Resurrection, Service 0 Comment June 29, 2020

Christians in the early church became concerned about what happened to fellow believers who had died before Jesus returned. Paul responded by explaining the rapture. But there was another difficulty regarding the return of Christ … More →

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Faithful to the End

admin Blog, Crown, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Faithful, Faithful to the End, Faithfulness, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Prize, Reward, Righteousness, Suffering, Temporal, world 0 Comment February 17, 2020

“I have kept the faith.” If we could find the tombstone of Paul’s grave, that would probably be the epitaph. In his second letter to Timothy, the apostle wrote, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (v. 4:7) More →

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Be Ready!

admin Be Ready!, Blog, Commitment, Dependence, Erik Garthe, Faithfulness, Gospel, No Longer Conformed, Ready 0 Comment August 5, 2019

“Be ready in season and out of season.” Those were the simple words of instruction from Paul to Timothy in his letter to the young pastor. (2 Timothy 4:2) The apostle was referring to preaching the gospel, but his words are wisdom for all believers. More →

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Stay in the Kitchen

admin Adversity, Blog, Erik Garthe, Faith, Faithfulness, No Longer Conformed, Perseverance, Providence, Provision, Stay in the Kitchen, Suffering, Trust 0 Comment May 20, 2019

“If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen!” was a response made famous by President Harry Truman. For the believer in Christ, that line is not appropriate. Followers of Jesus are called to do some time in the kitchen periodically. More →

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Skeletons of Yesterday’s Closets

admin Anxiety, Blog, Erik Garthe, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Grace, Guilt, No Longer Conformed, Repentance, Sin, Skeletons of Yesterday's Closets 1 Comment May 6, 2019

Dealing with the skeletons of yesterday’s closets is an important part of starting over. Inner battles with ghosts from the past are an ever-present hazard for every person. At first very faint, the rattling gets louder and louder. Moving a dresser in front of the closet door won’t make the noise go away. More →

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You Can’t Just Sit There!

admin Bible study, Blog, Commitment, Erik Garthe, Evangelism, Faithfulness, Gospel, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Prayer, Worship, You Can't Just Sit There! 0 Comment April 29, 2019

You can’t just sit there! A man wanted to go up in a hot air balloon, drift over his neighborhood and wave to his neighbors. He couldn’t afford that, so he bought some weather balloons and a helium tank. He tied the inflated balloons to his lawn chair and cut the ropes. More →

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