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We're Blessed!
10 Jul 2018 at 6:28pm
by pastor.eva
Hi Life Church Family: I hope you were built up by the message "Berakah-Blessed" this past Sunday. I just want to encourage you. As followers of Jesus, we are God's children. As God's children, we have a birthright. Because we have a birthright, we inherit the Lord's blessing. We are blessed!! We have the Holy
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He?s Adjusting My Vision 1 Oct 2016 at 2:50pm by pastor.rocklyn Guest speaker Bishop Marvin L. Sapp preached a powerful word entitled “He’s Adjusting My Vision” at the 2016 Jubilee Convention Wednesday (9/28/2016) evening service at Jubilee Christian Church. The link above is to the video of the entire service (also embedded below). Jubilee Senior Pastor Matthew Thompson introduces Bishop Sapp at 1:09:45 into the video. Eva and I
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N. T. Wright: The Kingdom and The Gospel 19 Jun 2015 at 2:49pm by pastor.rocklyn N. T. Wright, the former Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, is a devoted pastor, a renowned biblical scholar, and a prolific author. Over the past year or so the following books of his have given me a much better understanding of God’s Kingdom and of The Gospel. You can order them here (as an Amazon.com
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Paul and the Faithfulness Of God ? Harvard Divinity School 19 Mar 2014 at 8:49pm by pastor.rocklyn N. T. Wright, the former Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, is a devoted pastor, a renowned biblical scholar, and a prolific author. I have been blessed by several of his Wright’s books and video clips over the past few years. On Friday November 13, 2013 Professor Wright came to Harvard Divinity School.
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Surprised By Hope 15 Feb 2014 at 8:42pm by pastor.rocklyn N. T. Wright, the former Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, is a devoted pastor, a renowned biblical scholar, and a prolific author. I recently finished reading his 2008 book “Surprised By Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church”. I have read several of N. T. Wright’s books and
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Vision 9:38 8 Feb 2014 at 9:40pm by pastor.rocklyn
Look Back and See God 26 Jan 2014 at 8:24pm by Valerie Copeland As I look back I see You; I see your hand, your hand that has guided me through, disappointment and pain, heart ache and shame, darkness and disdain. As I look back I hear you; I hear your voice, your voice calling me back to you, talking me through disappointment and pain, heart ache and
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Life Group Discussion Material ? New Blog Policy 7 Jun 2013 at 3:21pm by pastor.rocklyn
My Spouse is Falling Short 6 May 2013 at 11:00am by Valerie Copeland Why aren't we better prepared for the disappointment we?ll experience in our marital partner? It seems to me it should be part of the discussion in premarital counseling. I am certain that I have disappointed my husband in many ways. Some of them he has freely expressed to me, others I strongly suspect. You see, disappointment
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Introducing: The Life Church Men's Chorus 10 Apr 2013 at 4:14pm by pastor.rocklyn
Women At Risk ? What Your Pastor May Not Have Told You About Domestic Abuse 8 Mar 2013 at 11:21am by pastor.rocklyn Can you spot an abuser? Are you sure? Back in 2010 I came across the book ?Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men? by Lundy Bancroft. It was eye opening – especially because in it Bancroft writes persuasively that abusers have a thinking problem rather than an anger problem.
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Rethinking The Gospel and How We Share It 7 Dec 2012 at 11:17pm by pastor.rocklyn What Does “The Gospel” Really Mean? Frank Viola has recently written several blog posts promoting a fresh understanding of the gospel: January 26, 2012: Rethinking The Gospel February 11, 2012: Living In The Divine Parenthesis (podcast) April 25, 2012: Rethinking How We Present the Gospel June 18, 2012: Rethinking the Sinner’s Prayer June 26, 2012:
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Wiffle Guitar 5 Dec 2012 at 6:57pm by pastor.rocklyn Have you ever played wiffle ball? Would you use a guitar as a substitute for a bat in a wiffle ball game? This is one of the questions posed by Shane Hipps, in an unusual yet enlightening sermon. Shane Hipps is one of the teaching pastors at Mars Hill Bible Church and on Sunday June
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Abundant Life Is Relational 4 Apr 2012 at 6:56pm by pastor.rocklyn Abundant Life In John 10:7-10 Jesus makes a powerful statement about life: Therefore Jesus said again, ?I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me
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Rethinking Grace 10 Feb 2012 at 5:46pm by pastor.rocklyn Note (April 13, 2017): This post will be updated (something it badly needs) over the next few weeks! Old Word – New Meaning Several years ago (probably sometime in 2006), while attending a meeting for local clergy, I heard the keynote speaker make a statement that I have never forgotten: “Grace is the empowering presence
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