You might be a Calvinist if… You buy Books before you buy your groceries.

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The Second Commandment and Pictures of Christ
(Exo 20:4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
(Exo 20:5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

(Exo 20:6) And...

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"By grace are ye saved, through faith" (Ephesians 2:8 ).
THINK IT WELL to turn a little to one side that I may ask my reader to observe adoringly the fountain-head of our salvation, which is the grace of God. "By grace are ye saved." Because God is gracious, therefore sinful men are forgiven, converted, purified, and saved. It is not because of anything in them, or that ever can be in them, that they are saved; but because of the boundless love, goodness, pity, compassion,...

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My Thought: This weeks VIDEO OF THE WEEK seems to remind me sometimes of my fellow brothers that start talking about theology, philosophy, greek, or anything else I tend to struggle with following along.
My Application: Don’t become one of those “types” of people that seem to talk as if an average man cannot understand you.

You can watch the videos I am talking about here.

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My Mom had a valve burst on her heart and she had emergency surgery. She has made it against all odds. I can't express to you how heart wrenching the last week has been - seeing her in that state and not knowing the outcome. God has however granted us more time together. Hallelujah! These are the lessons I learned during this time. Note: As theological as my training is, my conclusions are very personal.

What have I learned from Mom's heart problem? So much. One is simple, but I...

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