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The Answer

admin Accept, Answer, Apostles, Arrest, Blog, Builders, Chief Cornerstone, Commitment, Crucified, Dead, Defense, Erik Garthe, Grace, Guilt, Healing, Holy Spirit, Lame, Leaders, Miracle, Nazareth, Need, No Longer Conformed, Opportunity, Peter, Power, Preaching, Prosecution, Question, Raised, Rejected, salvation, Sanhedrin, Saved, Savior, Sermon, Stone, Supreme Court, The Answer, Uncategorized, Wholeness 0 Comment May 7, 2023

Healing the lame man and preaching about the miracle resulted in the arrest of the apostles. Acts 4:5-7 tell us they were brought before Israel’s supreme court—The Sanhedrin. Everything was ready, and the prosecution asked 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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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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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 →

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A Tormented World

admin A Tormented World, Abyss, Addiction, Alcohol, Blog, Church, Conviction, Deception, Demon-Possessed, Demons, Drugs, Erik Garthe, Gergesenes, Grace, Herd of Pigs, Lordship, Mercy, No Longer Conformed, Torment, Truth 0 Comment March 15, 2021

Matthew 8:28-34 is a strange story. But not much different from so many people today. Consider the response in this account of the demon-possessed man of the Gergesenes. First, there was a recognition More →

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Eyes and Hands

admin Adultery, Blog, Commitment, Erik Garthe, Eye, Eyes and Hands, Fornication, Grace, Hand, Heart, Lust, Marriage, Mercy, No Longer Conformed, Sexual Sin, Sin, Thoughts 0 Comment November 30, 2020

People underestimate their sin, feeling good they did not do something worse. Jesus made clear in Matthew 5:27-30 that the sin of the heart is as serious as the act itself. Not only is the act of adultery a sin, but More →

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Law under Grace

admin Abolish, Affirmed, Biblical Authority, Blog, Ceremonial Law, Erik Garthe, Fulfill, God’s Word, Grace, Inerrancy, Inspiration, Judicial Law, Law, Law under Grace, love, Moral Law, No Longer Conformed, Obeyed, Valued 0 Comment November 16, 2020

Are Christians to keep the Old Testament law? Matthew 5:17-20 indicates that our faith is related to Jesus’ relationship to the law. First, Jesus Christ fulfilled the law—“I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (v. 17) Two words 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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Hope to Cope

admin Blame, Blog, Circumstances, Erik Garthe, Grace, Hope to Cope, No Longer Conformed, Questions, Sufficient, Trust 0 Comment May 18, 2020

Crises do not discriminate among people. Natural disasters, plane crashes, terminal illness, unemployment, war, violence, and crime affect everyone. These all lead to some level of suffering. How can we learn to cope? More →

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Without a Doubt

admin Blog, Carnal, Christian, Doubts, Erik Garthe, Eternal Security, Faith, Feelings, Fellowship, Grace, Guilt, Joy, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Repentance, salvation, Soul-Winning, Unsaved, Without a Doubt 0 Comment April 27, 2020

How can I be sure I am saved? The apostle John addressed this in 1 John 3:19 when he wrote, “And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.” He wanted us to know that we belong to God. More →