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In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring.

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God loves you just because He loves you.
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The story of Jesus changes our lives because it is true.
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The Bible judges the church the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims.
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If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.
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On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.
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Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals.
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What the heart most wants, the mind finds reasonable, the will finds doable, and the emotions find desirable.
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