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(VLOG) The Spiritual Gift of Encouragement-Dakota Bosch

One of our members, Dakota Bosch, shares his research on "The Spiritual Gift of Encouragement."

This teaching was presented at our November 2022 Men's Spiritual Retreat.

The study focus was "Spiritual Gifts."

Each man who attended was assigned topics to…

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BOOK REVIEW: ED WELCH'S SIDE BY SIDE 

TITLE: SIDE BY SIDE: Walking with others in wisdom and love 

PUBLISHER: Crossway 

AUTHOR: Edward T. Welch 

AUDIENCE: I would say it is most likely best applicable to small groups or Sunday School classes, but it is clearly general enough…

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I’M ALONE WONDERING IF GOD IS REAL? 

If you wonder if God is real, you aren’t alone. I’ve heard countless stories of people who found themselves in a broken state desperate for an answer crying out either literally or in their heads asking, “God, if you are…

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WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?

Believing the gospel is necessary to salvation. Most Americans and Western Europeans have been warned this is true. But what is this “gospel”? There are so many denominations within Christianity. There is an allure of the “truths” of other religions…

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CONTENTMENT>COMPARISON 

Comparison is a killer, isn't it? 

Consider the following quotes on comparison: 

“Judgment…is one of the ego’s tools to foster separation through comparison.” 

― Peter Santos 

Judgment isn't the issue, is it? Judgment that is rooted, not in God's Word…

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THE PURSUIT

Do you hunger for more of God? Do you want to know Him? Do you wish you knew Him better? Or, do you wish you were better connected to Him in some way? 

We can get so caught up on…

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"SALVATION" ARMY

Scripture says that in the day of Jesus' reign, His "people will volunteer freely in the day of (His) power" (Psalm 110:3). The Psalmist foretold of a day when the Messiah would exalted by the Father, ascended to the throne…

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