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Last week we asked the question, Did Jesus Ever Repent?  As we studied the Biblical repentance model I hope we all came to the conclusion that Jesus certainly did live out the repentance experience (Mark 1:4, 9; Hebrews 4:15). Let us remember this, after Christ had...

Did Jesus ever repent?  The question isn't just hypothetical?  The reason it is being asked at all is because we find in Mark chapter one that the very first act of Christ's ministry was to go down to the Jordon river where John the Baptists was preaching and request...

There is a science to salvation.  Science, by definition, is testable, provable, replicable. So, is the science of repentance, is the working model of repentance something we can replicate in our lives?  Is repentance something we can experience "on demand"? In this...

If we were to  play a little word association game the first three words I've written down below would probably come easy for most people.  But what about the fourth word? OFF          -          OVER          -          BLACK          -          REPENTANCE If you...

REVIEW:  OK, God loves me!  He loved me enough to die for me while I was yet a sinner!  How do I know I'm a sinner?  Because God gave us a law, clear lines that mark between right and wrong, good and bad, life and death.  But I've already crossed that line.  But it's...

So, we've been talking about sin - It's the transgression of God's law.  We've talked about why we sin - we desire it and we choose to.  Once we've broken God's law, once we've sinned, fallen into the deep pit, how do we get out?  How do we escape from sin once we've...

We know drinking and driving is dumb, but we do it anyway.  We know smoking causes cancer, impotence, emphysema, and death, but we still smoke.  Why?  If we know cheating on our spouse could ruin our marriage, our carrier, our life, why do we still do it? In the...

Is it a "sin" to eat a burger at a fast food joint like McDonalds? Virtually all christians today would say, "No, not at all." But that answer would be based on what? In most cases our culture. But the question is, "Is it a sin?"  On what basis do we define sin, on...

We have spent six weeks looking at the subject of love.  How wonderful to know that God loves us so much that He will only, and always give us what is truly needed most.  That great principle encourages us even when times are hard and painful.  But this truth also...

We had been invited to serve as missionaries on the Island of Saipan. According to the policies, our family of 5 was only allowed to take 4,000 pounds of personal effects. We'd been at it for several weeks sorting, selling, giving away, and setting aside for storage....