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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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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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Warning: Human Inclinations Ahead

admin Angels, Atonement, Believer’s Judgment, Believers, Blog, Church, Crowns, Earth, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Eternal Plan, Eternal Punishment, Father, Glory, God, God’s Grace, Hell, Hindrances, Human Nature, Jesus, Jesus’ Return, Judgment of the Lost, Last Judgment, Mind, Natural Inclinations, Natural Response, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Punishment, Rapture, Revelation, Rewards, salvation, Satan, Scripture, Sin, Son of Man, Spiritual Truth, Tribulation, Tribulation Judgments, Unbelievers, Warning: Human Inclinations Ahead 0 Comment September 5, 2021

Our natural response to a situation is often diametrically opposed to what God calls for. Our human nature is bent toward sin and rebellion. Matthew 16:21-28 presents this reality in several ways. First, natural inclinations More →

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A Foundation Confessed

admin A Foundation Confessed, Authority of the Church, Blog, Christ, Church, Confessed, Confession, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Foundation, Gates of Hell, God’s Word, Head of the Church, Jesus, Judgment, Keys of the Kingdom, Mankind, Ministry, Miracles, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Peter, Rock, Son of Man, Spiritual Insight, Stone Rejected 0 Comment August 30, 2021

Jesus’ disciples must know the truth regarding who He is and His plan for saving mankind. They must understand the nature of His church and serve Him obediently. Matthew 16:13-20 presents three revelations More →

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Wisdom vs Ignorance

admin Blog, Church, Counterfeit, Disciples, Erik Garthe, External Things, Hypocrites, Ignorance, Internal Matters, Jesus, Legalistic, No Longer Conformed, Pharisees, Physical Wisdom, Religious, Religious Leaders, Sadducees, Signs of the Times, Spiritual Reality, Spiritual Truth, Spiritual Wisdom, Spiritually Ignorant, Sunday School, Unbeliever, Wisdom, Wisdom vs Ignorance, world 0 Comment August 24, 2021

Spiritual wisdom doesn’t just happen, it is gained. Matthew 16:1-12 reveals three truths as we observe the Lord’s encounter with some religious leaders and His own disciples. First, 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 →