What is sin?
A prideful heart. Proverbs 21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. A thought of foolishness. Proverbs 24:9 The thought
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Preaching at Cookeville Pride
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Pilgrim Baptist Church will be bringing the saving gospel of the grace of our Lord Jesus
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Fear God
There have been many acronym-style definitions of the word fear over the years. One is: False Evidence Appearing Real It means, there is nothing to fear and there is no
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A friend of God is the enemy of the world.
The world is not your friend. As a matter of fact, the Bible warns...whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. The world
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Jesus Saves and Loves
One of our young people drew this up, and gave it to me this past Sunday. As a small, bible-believing church, we do not have the desire for the modern
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Why be subject to government?
Romans 13 is all about what a Christian's relationship to government ought to be. In Romans 13:5, the Bible says: Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not
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Church members
When trust is built within a local church, that church family will develop a healthy community of respect where relationships are centered around the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Positive and Negative.
The Lord Jesus Christ is a God of love, mercy and grace. But He is also a God of justice, wrath and anger. Psalm 7:11 God judgeth the righteous,
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Teach by example
This is a picture of my daughter, Hannah, holding a scripture sign at an outreach our family did with our local church back in 2015. She's just shy
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