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The King is in Town, Part 2

admin Blind, Blog, Burnt Offerings, Buyers and Sellers, Chief Priests, Court of the Gentiles, David, Den of Thieves, Erik Garthe, Gift, God, Holy Spirit, Hosanna, House of Prayer, Jerusalem, King, Lame, Leaders, Lord, Multitudes, No Longer Conformed, non-Jews, Sacrifice, Scribes, Sins, Son of David, Temple, The King is in Town - Part 2 0 Comment December 27, 2021

When Jesus arrived triumphantly in Jerusalem, what did He do? Did He teach the multitudes? No. Did He converse with the leaders? No. Did He bask in all the praise? No. He went straight into the More →

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The King is in Town, Part 1

admin Bethphage, Blog, Creator, Cross, Deity, Erik Garthe, Freedom, God, God’s Word, Gospels, Homage, Hosanna, Isaiah, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jesus Christ, King, King of the Jews, Lord, Messianic, Multitudes, No Longer Conformed, Omniscience, Owner, Passover, Plan of Salvation, Prophecy, Prophet, Romans, Royalty, Sacrificial Lamb, Son of David, The King is in Town - Part 1, Throne, Town, Zechariah 0 Comment December 20, 2021

Matthew 21:1-11 records that point where all four gospels converge and together narrate the final movement of Jesus to the cross. The King arrived in Jerusalem but He didn’t take His throne: He had other work More →

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Ask Jesus for Help

admin Ask, Ask Jesus for Help, Bless, Blog, Difficulties, Discouraged, Erik Garthe, Example, Exhortations, Faith, Garden, Gracious, Heart, Help, Hindrances, Importunate Widow, Jacob, Jesus, Lord, Loyal, Mercy, Miracles, Multitude, No Longer Conformed, Opposition, Pray, Prayer, Problem, Silenced, Throne of Grace 0 Comment December 13, 2021

Matthew 20:29-34 gives exhortations regarding prayer. First, pray with sincere faith—“Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” (v. 30) As blind as these two men were, they believed that Jesus could help them, though they never saw More →

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Paradox of Christianity (B)

admin Actions, Authority, Blog, Christian Service, Christianity, Comfort, Commit, Criticism, Demeaning, Disciples, Discomfort, Erik Garthe, Example, Excuses, Gentiles, Gift of God, Giving, Grace, Heart, Jesus, Judges, Lead, Life, Lord, Lower Class, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Offensive, Paradox, Paradox of Christianity (B), Ransom, Rulers, Sacrificially, salvation, Servanthood, Serve, Served, Service, Slave, Society, Son of Man, Uncategorized, Works, World’s Wisdom 0 Comment December 6, 2021

The heart of Christianity is giving sacrificially, and the soul is service: “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28) The term “servant” is offensive in today’s 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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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 →

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Another Picnic

admin Another Picnic, Blind, Blog, Compassion, Crippled, Erik Garthe, Healed, Hunger, Jesus, Lame, Lord, Magadan, Miracles, Multitudes, Mute, No Longer Conformed, Physical Sicknesses, Power, Satisfied, Spiritual Illnesses, Suffering 0 Comment August 16, 2021

Matthew 15:29-39 presents what the Lord does for those in need. First, He spared their suffering—“Bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at His feet, More →

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Faith that Walks

admin Believers, Bible, Blog, Canaanite Woman, Children’s Bread, Christ, Christian, Compassionate, Crumbs, Demon-Possessed, Disciples, Dogs, Erik Garthe, Faith, Faith that Walks, Gentile, House of Israel, Jesus, Jesus’ Power, Knees, Lord, Lost Sheep, Mother’s Prayer, No Longer Conformed, Pray, Prayers, Problem, Sidon, Sinner’s Faith, Son of David, spirit, True Faith, Tyre, Walks, world 0 Comment August 9, 2021

Matthew 15:21-28 tells of a woman with a demon-possessed daughter, who sought Jesus’ power. The circumstances are interesting. First, true faith is sometimes found where least expected—“A Canaanite woman More →

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Tradition vs Commandment

admin Blog, Christians, Church, Commandment, Covetous, Disciples, Doctrines, Elders, Erik Garthe, God’s Laws, Human Authority, Hypocrites, J C Ryle, Lord, Lord’s Table, Neighbors, No Longer Conformed, Pharisees, Principles, Puritan, Religion, Richard Baxter, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Righteous, Tradition, Tradition vs Commandment, Word of God, Worship 0 Comment August 3, 2021

Matthew 15:1-20 reveals some important truths for us today. The principles of the Pharisees never die. First, hypocrites place great importance on outward things in religion—“Why do your disciples break More →