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Don’t Be Ignorant!

admin Abraham, Angels, Arguments, Authority, Believers, Bible, Blog, Dangerous, Discredit, Doctrine, Don't Be Ignorant!, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, God, Heaven, Herodians, Hope, Ignorant, Isaac, Jacob, Lord, Marriage, Moses, Multitudes, No Longer Conformed, Objections, Pharisees, Power, Questions, Resurrection, Ridiculous, Sadducees, Scripture, Sincerity, Skeptical, Teaching, Truth, unbelief, Wife, Words 0 Comment February 7, 2022

“When the multitudes heard this, they were astonished.” (Matthew 22:33) The Sadducees, like the Pharisees and Herodians, attempted to confuse the Lord with hard questions. They hoped “to entangle Him in His talk,” More →

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Paradox of Christianity (A)

admin Authority, Believers, Blog, Christ, Christianity, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Glory, God, God’s Kingdom, Gospel Message, Greatness, Human Nature, James, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John, King Herod, Kingdom, Leadership, No Longer Conformed, Paradox, Paradox of Christianity (A), Power, Ransom, Sacrifice, Son of Man, Suffer, Unbelievers, Uncategorized, world 0 Comment November 29, 2021

Have you ever said something that you regretted later? Matthew 20:20-28 could be titled, “What was I thinking?” The mother of James and John made a request of Jesus, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand 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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Like Raging Storms

admin Adversity, Blog, Boat, Circumstances, Darkness, Difficulties, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Faith, Fourth Watch, God, Hell, Jesus, Life, Like Raging Storms, Lord, Mountaintop, No Longer Conformed, Overwhelming, Peter, Power, Problem, Save, Sea, Serving, Situations, Storm, Sufficiency, Survive, Trust, Valley, Walking, Water, Waves, Wind 0 Comment July 26, 2021

The God who saved us from hell can also help us live this life. Life’s circumstances can often seem too much to handle. The disciples just experienced the feeding of 5,000, and Matthew 14:22-36 finds them in More →

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Jesus’ Evangelism Plan

admin Blog, Disciples, Diseased, Equipped, Erik Garthe, Evangelism, Evil Spirits, Gentiles, Gospel, Gospel Message, Heal, Jesus, Jesus' Evangelism Plan, Kingdom of Heaven, Lost, No Longer Conformed, Power, Preach, Proclaim, Samaritans, Shake Off the Dust, Sick 0 Comment April 19, 2021

What was Jesus’ strategy to win the lost? What was His plan of evangelism? In Matthew 10:1-15 we see the Lord’s fourfold plan to spread the gospel message to the whole world More →

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A Commitment Test

admin A Commitment Test, Blog, Commitment, Devil, Erik Garthe, God’s Plan, No Longer Conformed, Power, Religion, Satan, Temptation, The Flesh 0 Comment October 19, 2020

Jesus’ temptations in Matthew 4:1-11 emphasize four factors. (a) They followed His baptism: how will we live out our new life as believers? (b) The Holy Spirit led Him into the wilderness: God will be with us in More →

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Making the Christian Life Easier

admin Bible, Bible study, Blog, Christian Life, Christianity, Church, Erik Garthe, Evangelism, Faith, Fellowship, Making the Christian Life Easier, No Longer Conformed, Power, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Growth, witness, Worship 0 Comment December 16, 2019

The Christian life is easy. Not! Any person who thinks so has not tried to live it. Yet, as difficult as it is, it can be much easier if you follow a few simple rules. But it is virtually impossible if you neglect them. More →

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Anything Less than God Fails

admin Anything Less than God Fails, Blog, Character, Erik Garthe, God, God’s Word, Holy Spirit, No Longer Conformed, Power, Prayer, Strength 0 Comment April 15, 2019

“Anything less than God will let you down.” Those were the words of E. Stanley Jones, and how true they are. Anything less than God is not rooted in eternal power. Anything less than God has a built-in failure. More →

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Where Did It Fall?

admin Blog, Confess, Erik Garthe, Forgiveness, Humility, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Power, Pride, Restoration, Sin, Where Did It Fall? 0 Comment January 28, 2019

Where did it fall? That question was asked of a servant of the Lord by the prophet Elisha in 2 Kings 6:6. Just a simple inquiry by someone helping another in need, yet it provides great insight for those who truly desire to serve God. More →