Tag: Faith

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Fork in the Road

admin Blog, Church, Contempt, Doctrine, Erik Garthe, Faith, Fork in the Road, Human Perspective, James, Jesus, Jude, Nazareth, No Longer Conformed, Offense, Opportunity, Preaching, Pride, Prophecy, Prophet, Revealed Truth, Sight Versus Faith, Spiritually Blind, Synagogue, Truth 0 Comment July 5, 2021

The church is surrounded by spiritually blind people who desperately need to know Jesus. Matthew 13:53-58 records Jesus making a visit to His hometown, where His family lived. While there, He taught in the More →

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Issues of Faith

admin Blog, Call to Faith, Erik Garthe, Faith, Issue of Faith, John the Baptist, Need for Faith, No Longer Conformed, Support of Faith 0 Comment May 3, 2021

Matthew 11:1-19 records an event that prompted Jesus to speak about faith. There are issues of faith not obvious at first glance, but important to those who serve the Lord. First, in this passage, Jesus gives a support More →

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Response to Faith

admin Blog, Erik Garthe, Faith, Flow of Blood, Healing, Hem of Garment, Jesus, Miracle, Need, No Longer Conformed, Reality of Faith, Response, Response to Faith, Restorer, Ruler of Synagogue 0 Comment April 5, 2021

Scripture demonstrates that Jesus is always ready to respond to a step of faith by meeting the need. Matthew 9:18-26 presents the Lord as the restorer. This text shows Jesus’ interaction with the faith of His More →

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Pridesick

admin Blog, Erik Garthe, Faith, Forgive, Grace, Heal, Healing, Hindrance, Kingdom of Heaven, Mercy, No Longer Conformed, Poor in Spirit, Pride, Pridesick, Proud, Righteous, Sacrifice, Self-Righteous, Sinners, Sins, Spiritual Healing, Tax Collectors, unbelief 0 Comment March 22, 2021

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (1 Peter 5:5) Pride can be a hindrance to healing, both physically and spiritually. It manifests itself in various ways. In Matthew 9:1-13, Jesus dealt with two expressions of More →

Faith/ Mercy

God’s Kind of Mercy

admin Blog, Erik Garthe, Faith, God's Kind of Mercy, Mercy, No Longer Conformed 0 Comment September 21, 2020

After the Civil War, when asked how he would treat Southerners, President Lincoln replied, “I will treat them as if they had never been away.” That is the kind of mercy God has shown to us. Matthew’s gospel begins (vv. 1:1-7) with the Jesus’ genealogy. More →

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Overcoming Attacks

admin Accusations, Attacks, Blog, Erik Garthe, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Gossip, Hatred, Illegal, Immoral, No Longer Conformed, Overcoming Attacks, Persecution, Rivalry, Sex, Temptation, Workplace, world 0 Comment August 17, 2020

We live in a society and culture where Christian persecution takes place, but we can overcome undeserved attacks. Joseph was persecuted by his brothers, by a slave master, and as Genesis 39:6b-20 records, by his master’s wife. More →

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Overcoming Family

admin Blog, Challenges, Circumstances, Deceiver, Erik Garthe, Faith, Family, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Overcoming Family, Righteousness, Self-control, Spiritual Growth 0 Comment August 10, 2020

Every family has its stories. Some are entertaining; some are terrifying. Chances are good that you face some unusual circumstances in your family. Genesis 37:1-4 tells the difficult circumstances of Joseph’s family. Here’s a real-life look at those verses: More →

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The Right Stuff

admin Blog, Compassion, Doctrine, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Faith, Hope, Labor, Longsuffering, love, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Problems, Spiritual Growth, The Right Stuff 0 Comment July 6, 2020

We all must deal with problems: how we handle them affects how we survive them. “Why?” is the natural question. The first chapter of 2 Thessalonians gives insight for dealing with problems. The apostle Paul provides a prescription … More →

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Life Support

admin Blameless, Blog, Character, Commitment, Erik Garthe, Faith, Grace, Holiness, Life Support, mature, No Longer Conformed, Selfish Ambition, Spiritual Maturity, Tempter, Tribulation 0 Comment June 15, 2020

“We told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened.” Those were the words of the apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 3:4 to the new believers at Thessalonica. Affliction is a normal part of the Christian life. More →

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Turned Upside Down

admin Blog, Erik Garthe, Faith, Gospel, Hope, love, No Longer Conformed, Turned Upside Down 0 Comment June 1, 2020

When Paul arrived at Thessalonica, the city leaders declared, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also.” (Acts 17:6) Our world needs to be turned upside down! The gospel message needs to impact this present darkness. More →