You've Known for a While Now
There's a difference between contentment and compromise, and the Christian life depends on knowing which one you're practicing. Paul said he had learned to be content
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You Don't Find Your Sword on the Battlefield
Most Christians want to win the fight. They just don't want to do the work before the fight. A believer gets blindsided — a temptation they weren't
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Hatred With Better Manners
Most of us have disqualified ourselves from the sin of hatred because we've never flipped a table or screamed at somebody in a parking lot. That's
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Available
The Christian life was never about your ability. Ability is about you — your gifts, your effort. Availability is different. It's submission. It's deciding God is important
Stop and Pray for Behold Your God Conference
Two weeks from now, Pilgrim Baptist Church will host our 6th Annual Bible Conference — Behold Your God: Comfort and Strength for the Weary Soul — April 22–24 right here in
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Your Life Is Always Telling the Truth
Most people think of obedience as the price of admission. Do right, stay saved, keep God happy. That's not Christianity — that's a paycheck mentality dressed up
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Borrowed Light
The moon has no light of its own. That light is borrowed. All of it. The moon's only job is to reflect the sun. That's it.
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Nobody Remembers Wednesday.
Nobody remembers Wednesday. Friday gets a holiday. Sunday gets a celebration. Wednesday gets a church service that half the congregation skips. But Jesus Christ — our Passover Lamb — died on a
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Keep Your Egg Drop. We've Got a Risen Saviour.
Every spring, the circus comes to town dressed up like a church service. Helicopter egg drops. Carnival games. Free hotdogs. Free gas cards. Free steak dinner. And somewhere at the
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